An Exercise In Nonsense

I wanted to like it more than I actually did... But much of the humor totally escaped me and I walked out only mildly impressed.

There are moments that feel comical, some horrific, and some downright inspiring but the tonal shifts hardly matter as the end results come to a film that's perfect for this time.

It's simply great fun, a winsome film and an occasionally over-the-top luxury fantasy that never flags.

Director: STEVE SEKELY. Screenplay: Houston Branch. Story: Frank Bentick Wisbar. Photography: Mack Stengler. Film editor: Richard Currier. Art director: Dave Milton. Music director: Edward J. Kay. Dialogue director: Howard Erickson. Assistant director: William Strohbach. Sound recording: Tom Lambert. Associate producer: Jeffrey Bernerd. Producer: Herman Millakowsky. Executive producer: Trem Carr. Copyright by Monogram Pictures Corporation. on 12 November 1943. No recorded New York opening. U.S. release: 10 January 1944. Australian release through British Empire Films: 16 November 1944. 8 reels. 6,576 feet. 72 minutes. Alternative title: HITLER'S WOMEN.SYNOPSIS: A German woman (Gail Patrick) returns to her homeland during WW2. Horrified at the degraded status of women in Germany, she seeks to overthrow the regime. COMMENT: A dated wartime propaganda story by Frank Wisbar is given a new lease of life here by the extraordinarily imaginative direction of Steve Sekely (of all people). True, the players offer no more than token conviction, the sets and costumes are seedy, the photography often drab. But producer Millakowsky has invested this offering with more production values than any two Monogram thrillers combined. Sekely has taken full advantage of this opportunity with a display of involved tracking and crane shots, masked camera set-ups and other highly ingenious effects. And we loved the script's unique device of reprising the story to ask a leading question at the finale.