«The Fifth Column: the film that made Hitchcock a master
Alfred Hitchcock's fifth American film, La Cinquième Colonne (Saboteur) When it was released in 1942, it laid down, once and for all, the essential building blocks for his future works and masterpieces.
The woman behind the filmThe screenplay underwent a number of ups and downs before seeing the light of day. Selznick, the producer who had brought Hitchcock to the U.S. three years earlier, initially wanted to direct the film himself. According to the official version of events, Selznick wanted to get rid of the script because of its mediocrity. In reality, however, it seems that the screenplay was especially cumbersome because of its unjustified power.
It's 1941, the year the United States enters the Second World War. It was a delicate period. Selznick has only had his own production company for five years. Despite
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