this mess just remind me of one of those 70 pan european co production that be so prominent at the time . the character inhabit a disneyesque and sanitised version of 1920s austria where everyone and everything be scrub shinily clean and everyone walk aboutwearing beautiful clothes . the story itself would be a good basis for adecent dramatic film but as soon a i hear the dreadful dubbed voice come out of heinz hoenig mouth i know this be a stinker . why do the film show halsman alive and well in america in the 1950s spoil any dramatic tension we already know in the first 2 minute of the film that he be go to be free and whats the point watch any further . ( i personally do not know who he be before watch the film ) why do martine mccutcheon have to talk with that ridiculous american accent in a film set in austria . all in all an unwatchable mess . badly script and badly direct and badly act . avoid .