Sekunden der Verzweiflung (1953)

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• Gedreht in: Pinewood Studios

Desperate Moment is a 1953 British thriller film directed by Compton Bennett and starring Dirk Bogarde, Mai Zetterling and Philip Friend. It was written by George H. Brown and Patrick Kirwan based on the 1951 novel of the same title by Martha Albrand.

Production

Producer George H. Brown bought the film rights to the novel in 1951 and promised the lead role to Dirk Bogarde. Bogarde had prior commitments so Brown delayed filming for a year until the actor could play the part. Brown called the love scenes "the most tender I have read for a long time."

The film was made through British Film-Makers, a short lived production scheme that operated in Britain in the early 1950s as a co operative venture between the Rank Organisation and the National Film Finance Corporation (NFFC), whereby Rank would provide 70% of finance and the rest came from the NFFC.

Dirk Bogarde's biographer called the film one of Bogarde's "seemingly unending supply of men-on-the-run " movies that followed his success in The Blue Lamp, others including Blackmailed, Hunted and The Gentle Gunman.

Filming started in September 1952. It was made at Pinewood Studios and on location in West Germany including scenes shot at Berlin's Brandenburg Gate. The film's sets were designed by the art director Maurice Carter.

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