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The Innocent

1993

John Schlesinger

Anthony Hopkins, Isabella Rossellini, Campbell Scott, Ronald Nitschke ...

5.3

575

Mystery. Drama. Romance A young engineer is sent to post-WWII Berlin to help the Americans in spying on the Russians. In a time and place where discretion is still a man's best friend, he falls in love with a mysterious woman who will take him on the dark side of evil.

	Media	Author	Review
		Rebecca Lieb Variety	"'The Innocent' rings hollow, underusing both its top-drawer talent and compelling Berlin locations"
		Roger Ebert rogerebert.com	"There is a sadness underlying 'The Innocent' that is rather appealing (...) The details of the sexual and emotional balance between Leonard and Maria are intriguing (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"
		Kevin Thomas Los Angeles Times	"It's altogether the wrong movie at the wrong time, despite the earnest efforts of its stars"
		Caryn James The New York Times	"[It] eventually overcomes its obstacles and almost lives up to its promising pedigree (...) [It] becomes a tense and suspenseful love story with Hitchcockian overtones"
		Quentin Curtis The Independent	"An oddly disjointed piece of film-making (...) There are good performances, a decent sense of place (...) and moments of horror and macabre humour."
		Michael Wilmington Chicago Tribune	"'The Innocent' is an intelligent, harrowing, somewhat febrile thriller (...) [Schlesinger] is a little evasive --torn, perhaps, between romance and political idealism"

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