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Sotto copertura: come agire dietro le linee nemiche

Titolo originale: Undercover
  • 1944
  • 1h 1min
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Sotto copertura: come agire dietro le linee nemiche (1944)
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Aggiungi una trama nella tua linguaA training film for OSS agents who are to be dropped behind enemy lines, covering cover and concealment, ambush techniques, etc.A training film for OSS agents who are to be dropped behind enemy lines, covering cover and concealment, ambush techniques, etc.A training film for OSS agents who are to be dropped behind enemy lines, covering cover and concealment, ambush techniques, etc.

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    • John Ford
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    • Jack Carson
    • John Ford
    • Eddie Foster
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  • VALUTAZIONE IMDb
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    490
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    • Regia
      • John Ford
    • Star
      • Jack Carson
      • John Ford
      • Eddie Foster
    • 9Recensioni degli utenti
    • 2Recensioni della critica
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    Jack Carson
    Jack Carson
    • Mexican
    John Ford
    John Ford
    • J. P. Baldwin
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    Eddie Foster
    • Fish Cutter
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    Martin Garralaga
    Martin Garralaga
    • Enemy Agent Y
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    Peter Lorre
    Peter Lorre
    • Secret Agent
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    Osa Massen
    Osa Massen
    • Sailor's Girlfriend
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    Tom Quinn
    • Train Passenger
    • (non citato nei titoli originali)
    Cyril Ring
    Cyril Ring
    • Enemy Agent X
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    Ronald R. Rondell
    Ronald R. Rondell
    • Enemy Security Officer's Aide
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    Victor Varconi
    Victor Varconi
    • Enemy Security Officer
    • (non citato nei titoli originali)
    Max Wagner
    Max Wagner
    • Rudy - the Sailor
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    Pierre Watkin
    Pierre Watkin
    • British Agent Z
    • (non citato nei titoli originali)
    Crane Whitley
    Crane Whitley
    • A.T. Atkinson
    • (non citato nei titoli originali)
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    7SnoopyStyle

    John Ford at war

    Aka How to Operate Behind Enemy Lines. The OSS (Office of Strategic Services) recruited John Ford to direct a training film for new agents. Most of this follows two new recruits, "Student Charlie" and "Student Al".

    Director John Ford is using his filmmaking skills for the war effort. The material is mostly a government film and not an entertaining movie. It makes similar points over and over again. It's all in the details and agents have to be careful. This may not be popcorn fun but it is fascinating to imagine new recruits being shown this during their training.
    8nickenchuggets

    Secret agent man

    During World War II, Germany (and other major combatants) sometimes struck at their enemies using tactics other than brute force. Sun Tzu once said all warfare is based on deception, and I think that sums up this film quite well. Otherwise known as How to Operate Behind Enemy Lines, Undercover is a film made for the Office of Strategic Services, which was an intelligence agency employed by the US during the war. Basically the forerunner to the CIA, the OSS used spies, trickery, and other underhanded strategies in order to sneak into Axis controlled territories so they can gather information on what their enemies are focusing on. During a conflict, info is power, and the more you have of it, the better. In the film, we see legendary director John Ford in his one and only speaking role. In real life, Ford was commissioned as a lieutenant commander (equivalent to a major in the Army and Marines) in the navy reserve and was also made head of the photographic unit attached to the OSS. Here, he plays an OSS officer who is tasked with making sure new spies are able to successfully infiltrate hostile territory without getting discovered. There really isn't a plot, but there are two spies involved working for the OSS (named Charlie and Al), and we see how important it is for them or any saboteur to adhere to a believeable story when it comes to being an agent. For instance, before Al is sent off, he has to tell his superior what his background is just in case a Gestapo officer in Nazi Germany stops him. He says how he used to work at GM in the 20s, then moved to germany and started working there. His entire story seems like it would fool a cop, except for one thing: he mentions at the end how he has something wrong with his back. Al's boss says you should never say anything you can't prove, as this can sometimes jeopardize your entire mission. Remember, cops, the government, bartenders, and even landlords being in league with counter-espionage agencies isn't unique to nazi germany, and if you act suspicious, you can get reported and your cover will be blown. In another example, a german spy lands in Canada, saying he's from the western province of British Columbia. His disguise and way of speaking fools pretty much everyone, and it looks like he's going to get away with spying until he pays for his drinks. Without thinking, he hands the bartender an out of date canadian dollar, which is a fraction of an inch longer than the more recent ones. He is arrested shortly after. Across the Atlantic, Hitler's ruthless bodyguard detail, the SS, are questioning a brit they suspect to be a spy. The latter has a convincing backstory as to what he does for a living, but he makes a fatal slip when his interrogators find hair grease on his head: a british product not seen in germany for years. After seeing how such slight details can fatally punish you, it's no secret why the OSS repeatedly tells its recruits that it's not enough to look like the person you're disguised as, you have to conform yourself to his identity. If you're sneaking into germany as a mechanic, you should never carry anything incriminating on you. You also shouldn't ask random vehicles on roads to pick you up, as there's a good chance a government official is driving. If you plan to stay at a hotel, it needs to be one well within the price range of what a mechanic can afford, and if you plan to enlist the help of someone to find your way around, you better be careful. People who are part of the anti-nazi French Resistance are a safe bet, but anyone asking for cash in exchange for showing you where you are is not to be trusted, since they're only loyal to money. While not mentioned in the film, it's worth noting the OSS ran a campaign of making fake articles for german audiences that claimed soldiers on leave could sleep with any woman in germany. The OSS infuriated nazi high command so much that Hitler ordered any agent taken alive to be executed. This was quite an interesting thing to sit down and watch. Being a spy during ww2 was no easy task, and is in my opinion the most difficult role on the battlefield to master. All the things and prying eyes you have to work around, the dangers you throw yourself in the center of, etc. It's not easy, but they played a crucial part since keeping their eyes on what the enemy was doing allowed america to change its tactics depending on the situation. No single strategy is the best one.
    6boblipton

    Don't Stick Out

    Two OSS agents are recruited, prepared, assessed and sent to enemy territory to keep an eye on local conditions. One blends in successfully. The other not so much.

    Command John Ford USN -- later Rear Admiral -- did some great work for Frank Capra's Why We Fight series of propaganda movies. He also directed the infamous SEX HYGIENE and this lesser known feature for the OSS. It's a mixed bag, but makes its points pretty well, thanks to a good mixture of editing, and inexpensive film making in fairly blank sets and in urban locations. There are a couple of oddities in it, like clips of Peter Lorre as an enemy agent (even as he featured in German posters as an object of anti-semitic scorn), and that's John Ford interviewing and assessing Crane Whitley for overseas duty.

    Most of the instruction is done by voice over in this movie. It's not the most distinguished work that the four-time Oscar winner ever did, but it makes its points well.
    Michael_Elliott

    Interesting WWII Training Film

    How to Operate Behind Enemy Lines (1943)

    *** (out of 4)

    When WWII broke out Hollywood stood up and did what they could to help. Many famous actors enlisted while others made movies to help various departments of the military. Directors like John Huston, Frank Capra and John Ford made a very good number of these types of films and this one here belongs to Ford who not only directs but plays a couple different roles.

    The story is pretty simple as the film is meant to teach new recruits the dangers of operating behind enemy lines and the various things they need to think about. The story of the film has two new recruits going behind enemy lines with one of them being careful and the other one not so much. As you can tell, the story itself is pretty simple as the main goal was just to show people what could happen if they weren't paying attention. The film opens and closes as a lecture and there's a nice little bit in the final seconds about a cigarette and how important it was to what we just watched.

    For the most part this is an entertaining film that fans of the director should enjoy. Those who have watched a lot of these WWII films know that the quality usually isn't as high as what you'd expect in a Hollywood film but it's still quite good. The most fascinating factor here is the fact that Ford plays a couple different parts here and it's more of a distraction than anything else.
    7Maxence_G

    Review - How to Operate Behind Enemy Lines

    That film is both pretty entertaining and instructive. Indeed acting, and production aren't incredible, but as I said it still remains more entertaining than most of what the USA army produced.

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      When Al turns on his radio, the sound heard is the part of the introduction by the Army officer at the beginning of the film played backwards.
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    • Data di uscita
      • 1944 (Stati Uniti)
    • Paese di origine
      • Stati Uniti
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      • Inglese
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    • Luoghi delle riprese
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