There was a small theater in Shelby NC that showed "art house" films on Sunday afternoon. Films like Bergman's "The Virgin Spring", The "L Shaped Room" with Leslie Caron and "The Condemned of Altona" with Maximlian Schell, Sophia Loren, Robert Wagner and Fredric March. "The Condemned of Altona" was dark and arresting, as only a black and white film can be. This film pulled you in and would not let go and many who have seen it have never forgotten.
One puzzled at how the family pulled off the hidden son, supplied him with custom printed newspapers and kept him virtually a prisoner in order to keep him from the post war tribunal, be judged a war criminal and be imprisoned. The irony is inescapable. But the power of wealth makes any thing within reach of the wealthy, including keeping a war criminal secreted way for decades. This is a superb film and really should be available on DVD.
One puzzled at how the family pulled off the hidden son, supplied him with custom printed newspapers and kept him virtually a prisoner in order to keep him from the post war tribunal, be judged a war criminal and be imprisoned. The irony is inescapable. But the power of wealth makes any thing within reach of the wealthy, including keeping a war criminal secreted way for decades. This is a superb film and really should be available on DVD.