Rhapsodie in Blei

Having read the four IMDB reviews and the external one, I nearly didn't bother to watch my recording of TTOST, as screened on Talking Pictures. In the end I did, and I wasn't too dissatisfied. It was comparable to the low-cost B films shot in London in the 1950s that I enjoy: slightly uninspiring cast, nostalgic 1950s scenes, creaky plot.

I'm unsure how the three main characters all ended up in the same "night club" at the same time some 15 years after they last met, and there were several other plot holes. But the locations - presumably all in West Germany - were good. The finale at the railway station was atmospheric; I wonder whether at times the cameras were concealed - certainly the other passengers didn't have the look of extras.

I was a little surprised that it soon became obvious in a 1959 film that the "night club" was an upmarket brothel. And the outside reviewer was very taken with Nadine Tallier's bath scene - which may have made up for her acting being poor.

Towards the end, one of the girls remarked that she was waiting for "Marius" (Goring) when she should have said "Rudi" (Siebert).

Clive Dunn, then 38 or 39, played the elderly cemetery keeper, complete with specs, anticipating his playing Corporal Jones in "Dad's Army" 12 years later.