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First Comes Courage is a 1943 American war film, the final film directed by Dorothy Arzner, one of the few female directors in Hollywood at the time. The film was based on the 1943 novel Commandos by Elliott Arnold , adapted by George Sklar, with a screenplay by Melvin Levy and Lewis Meltzer.
- Columbia Pictures
- Harry Joe Brown
With Merle Oberon, Brian Aherne, Carl Esmond, Isobel Elsom. Nicole Larsen is detested by her countrymen because they suspect she is collaborating with the occupying Germans. In reality she is working for the Norwegian underground, risking her life passing secrets to the resistance fighters.
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- Drama, War
- Dorothy Arzner
- 1943-07-29
24. Sept. 2018 · Filmkritik zu First Comes Courage. Dorothy Arzners letzte Regiearbeit: First Comes Courage verlegt den Kampf gegen das Nazi-Regime vom Schlachtfeld in den Alltag – und lotet die Möglichkeit der Liebe in Zeiten des Widerstands aus.
Nicole Larsen is detested by her countrymen because they suspect she is collaborating with the occupying Germans. In reality she is working for the Norwegian underground, risking her life passing secrets to the resistance fighters.
In Nazi-occupied Norway, Nicole Larsen (Merle Oberon) is branded a traitor for keeping company with a Nazi officer, while she is in fact a spy. Her readiness to die, and her renunciation of love to the cause, are worthy notes in Arzner’s swan song. Columbia Pictures Corp. Producer: Harry Joe Brown. Director: Dorothy Arzner.
First Comes Courage ist gezeichnet von den Produktionsumständen: Dorothy Arzner erkrankte an einer Lungenentzündung und wurde ersetzt. Heraus kam ein zerrissen-störrisches Agit-Melodram, in dem unendlich sublime Momente neben echter Hollywood-Nazi-Folklore (be)stehen. Eine Perle für den zweiten Blick. (R.H.)
Director. Elliott Arnold. Novel. Melvin Levy. Screenplay. Merle Oberon plays a Norwegian resistance figure in a small town, married to a Nazi commandant. When his superiors begin to suspect her, the Allies land an assassin to kill him -- an assassin who happens to be her former lover.
