Average Rating: 6/10
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Release Date: Dec 11, 1955 Wide
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British theatrical director Peter Glenville made his film directorial debut with 1955's The Prisoner (Glenville had previous helmed the London stage production of this Bridget Boland play). The film is based on the real-life travails of Hungarian Cardinal Mindszenty, who after suffering under Nazi persecution was imprisoned by the new Communist regime for remaining loyal to his religious convictions. Alec Guinness, his head shaved, plays an unnamed Cardinal in an unspecified Eastern European
Dec 11, 1955 Wide
Mar 2, 2004
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What Guinness does with his eyes alone ... provides a seminar on acting. And that's just from the neck up.
Drama psicológico inteligente e com belas atuações de Guinness, Hawkins e Lawson, perde pontos apenas pela presença forçada de uma subtrama tola envolvendo dois amantes.
Unless you're a student of acting or of period-specific British drama, The Prisoner may simply sentence you to boredom.
This could've been a fascinating look at the interplay between two very different men...but Bridget Boland's screenplay utilizes the most stilted dialogue imaginable.
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