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Shockproof

Retrospettiva: Douglas Sirk

USA · 1948 · 35 mm · Black and White · 80' · o.v. English

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Monday 8 | 8 | 2022, 12:00 · GranRex

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Released after serving five years of prison, Jenny finds work thanks to her supervising officer who falls in love with her. But, when her former lover reappears, the new couple is forced to flee to Mexico. Fuller’s script was reworked by Columbia, with a forced happy ending.

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Director

Douglas Sirk

Cast

Cornel Wilde, Patricia Knight, John Baragrey, Esther Minciotti, Howard St. John

Producer

S. Sylvan Simon, Helen Deutsch

Cinematography

Charles Lawton Jr.

Editing

Gene Havlick

Music

George Duning

Screenplay

Helen Deutsch, Samuel Fuller

Production

Columbia Pictures Corporation

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Filmmuseum Düsseldorf
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Released after serving five years of prison, Jenny finds work thanks to her supervising officer who falls in love with her. But, when her former lover reappears, the new couple is forced to flee to Mexico. Fuller’s script was reworked by Columbia, with a forced happy ending.

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Shockproof

Retrospettiva: Douglas Sirk

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Released after serving five years of prison, Jenny finds work thanks to her supervising officer who falls in love with her. But, when her former lover reappears, the new couple is forced to flee to Mexico. Fuller’s script was reworked by Columbia, with a forced happy ending.

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