Ministry of Fear
Directed by Fritz Lang • 1944 • United States
Starring Ray Milland, Marjorie Reynolds, Carl Esmond
Suffused with dread and paranoia, this Fritz Lang adaptation of a novel by Graham Greene is a plunge into the eerie shadows of a world turned upside down by war. En route to London after being released from a mental institution, Stephen Neale (Ray Milland) stops at a seemingly innocent village fair, after which he finds himself caught in the web of a sinister underworld with possible Nazi connections. Lang was among the most illustrious of the European émigré filmmakers working in Hollywood during World War II, and MINISTRY OF FEAR is one of his finest American productions, an unpredictable thriller with style to spare.
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Ministry of Fear
Directed by Fritz Lang • 1944 • United States
Starring Ray Milland, Marjorie Reynolds, Carl EsmondSuffused with dread and paranoia, this Fritz Lang adaptation of a novel by Graham Greene is a plunge into the eerie shadows of a world turned upside down by war. En route to London after being rele...
Extras
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Joe McElhaney on MINISTRY OF FEAR
Conducted in 2012, this interview with author and Fritz Lang scholar Joe McElhaney (“The Death of Classical Cinema”) looks at MINISTRY OF FEAR in the context of the filmmaker’s body of work.