World War II drama, short on action
“The Tenth Man” is a TV movie originally broadcast on CBS as a “Hallmark Hall of Fame” special. Based on the 1985 novel by Graham Greene (“The Third Man,” “Our Man in Havana”), it poses questions of ethics and morality.<br /><br />In Nazi-occupied France in 1941, wealthy attorney Jean-Louis Chavel (Anthony Hopkins), on business in Paris, is rounded up in a sweep of the streets to arrest thirty random people in retaliation for Resistance attacks. After a Nazi official is killed, the thirty prisoners are ordered to choose among themselves three men to be executed. The prisoners draw lots and Chavel is one of the unlucky three. The night before the execution, he bribes another prisoner, laborer Michel Maugeot (Timothy Watson), to take his place in exchange for his estate and holdings, then has lawyer Chavel draw up a will bequeathing them to his mother and his sister, Therese (Kristin Scott Thomas). Beset by tuberculosis and likely to die soon anyway, Michel believes he has made a good deal and enjoys his status as property owner, if only for a few hours.<br /><br />Three years later, France is liberated. Chavel is freed but penniless. He returns to his former estate in the countryside, where Michel’s mother and sister now live in perpetual hatred of Chavel. Because they have never seen him, he is able to keep his identity a secret. He passes himself off as a fellow prisoner with her brother and Therese hires him to stay on as a hired hand.<br /><br />Therese and her mother find the newcomer a willing worker and the three get along quite well together. Things change when a stranger (Derek Jacobi) turns up, claiming to be Chavel. In fact, he is a Nazi collaborator being hunted for execution by the Resistance.<br /><br />Hopkins conveys Chavel’s emotions so well that we believe his motivations. We understand his terror and panic at the prospect of being shot to death and his desperation when he offers everything he owns to change places with another prisoner. Later, his sense of guilt as well as curiosity prompt him to visit his former home. And when the imposter Chavel arrives, he feels compelled to figure out why anyone would pretend to be him. Hopkins turns in a low-key performance as Chavel, in a repressed combination of shame for what he has done, developing love for Therese, and fear for the consequences of any revelation.<br /><br />Jacobi has tremendous screen presence and infuses dramatic tension at a point when the pace is lagging. Conveying self-assurance and arrogance, his imposter is the antithesis of the real Chavel. His bravado is all the more fascinating when we learn his true identity.<br /><br />Directed by Jack Gold from a teleplay by Lee Langley, “The Tenth Man” features first-class performances by Hopkins, Thomas, and Jacobi, but the project would have worked better as a play than a movie. The story is far more about characters’ feelings than action and plot twists. It deals with morality, regret, forgiveness, and a bit of romance. The opening scenes are well staged and include exterior scenes, a large number of extras, and imaginative camera work. But most of the subsequent scenes are dialogue-heavy and take place in claustrophobic interiors. Apparently working with a limited TV budget, director Gold had to make concessions and the film suffers. There are a few brief exterior scenes later in the movie and they are welcome, but the film settles into a static, talky narrative.<br /><br />The only bonus feature on the unrated, Region A Blu-ray release from Kino-Lorber is a series of theatrical trailers:<br />“When Eight Bells Toll”<br />“The Bounty”<br />“The Silence of the Lambs”<br />“Nixon”<br />“Hannibal”<br />“Bitter Moon”<br /><br />“The Tenth Man” explores moral conflict and the balance between human values and human nature. But there are problems with the believability of the story. Even though Chavel has grown a beard and wears glasses, why does no one in his home town recognize him after only three years away? How could the handwritten will made in prison be legally enforceable so that Therese and her mother will actually inherit Chavel’s wealth? Notwithstanding a thought-provoking premise and good performances, the film often strains credibility and moves at a sluggish pace.
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Here is a brief synopsis of the title : Screen legend Anthony Hopkins (When Eight Bells Toll, The Silence of the Lambs, Nixon) stars with Kristin Scott Thomas (Bitter Moon, The English Patient) and Derek Jacobi (Three Sisters, TV’s I, Claudius) in this compelling World War II drama based on the novel by Graham Greene (The Third Man). Jean-Louis Chavel (Hopkins), a wealthy French lawyer living quietly under Nazi occupation, is seized in a random police raid and thrown into a Paris jail with 29 other innocent men. Marked for the firing squad, he convinces a poor, dying prisoner to take his place by promising his entire estate to the man’s penniless kin. Once freed, the guilt-ridden Chavel returns to his former home and tries to help the family of the man who died in his stead. As he falls in love with the dead man’s sister, Thérèse (Scott Thomas), a stranger (Jacobi in an Emmy-winning role) calling himself “Chavel” arrives on their doorstep. Co-starring Cyril Cusack (Harold Pinter’s The Homecoming) with first-rate direction by Jack Gold (Who?) and photography by Alan Hume (Runaway Train), The Tenth Man is a stylish, powerfully acted thriller from one of the twentieth century’s most acclaimed authors..