Fear (1954)
20K Drama Albert Herz Annelore Wied Edith Schultze-Westrum Elisabeth Wischert Elise Aulinger Gabriele Seitz Ingrid Bergman Jürgen Micksch Klara Kraft Klaus Kinski Kurt Kreuger Mathias Wieman Renate Mannhardt Roberto Rossellini Rolf Deininger Sergio Amidei Stefan Zweig Steffi Stroux 1954 6.7 German Roberto Rossellini West Germany
Fear (1954). 1h 24m
“Shades of Hitchcock in this somewhat atypical Ingrid Bergman – Roberto Rossellini collaboration. Most of the film appears simple and straightforward; there is an effective plot twist in the middle, but the ending is rather weak and anticlimactic. Bergman brings her customary class and consumate skill to the project; the little-known Renate Mannhardt is arguably even better as the kind of blackmailer Iu0026#39;d gladly give in to any of her demands! She certainly holds her own in their one-on-one confrontations, which are the best scenes in the film. Some of the English dubbing sounds a little awkward. **1/2 out of 4.”
