Anthony Jarrant (Michael York) is a young, good looking Englishman whose had it easy all his life. Kate (Hildegard Neil), his sister, is more successful than him. She is secretary and lover to a ruthless German financier (Peter Finch) who arranges a job in Germany for Anthony. Anthony discovers that what he sees in the Germany of 1935 is not what he believes in - a discovery that inevitably leads to his downfall. Based on the novel by Graham Greene.
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Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
302782
Language
English
Audience classification
MA
Subject categories
Feature films → Feature films - Great Britain
Literature → English literature - Film and video adaptations
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
VHS; Access Print (Section 1)