Der geheimnisvolle Fremde (1981)
61KDer geheimnisvolle Fremde: Directed by Jack Fisk. With Sissy Spacek, Eric Roberts, Sam Shepard, William Sanderson. A divorcee with two sons has an affair with a young sailor passing through her Texas town in 1944.
“Sissy Spacek, in her first movie after her triumphant, Oscar-winning turn as Loretta Lynn in u0026quot;Coal Mineru0026#39;s Daughteru0026quot;, excels once again as a single mother with two small boys working out of her home as a telephone operator in WWII America. Eric Roberts (in surely his best performance ever) is gentle and appealing as a sailor who takes a shine to Spacek and her kids, which causes gossipy tongues to wag back in town; Sam Shepherd is the mysterious title character who lives across the street and harbors a dark secret. Fine-looking movie has a strong sense of time and place, a fairly solid script and terrific players, but the tone of the film shifts in the melodramatic final act and the narrative gets all fouled up. This portion of the picture almost feels tacked-on, and as a result the conclusion is somewhat limp. Still a pretty good entertainment, and Spacek never hits a false note. *** from ****”
