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• Duration: 72 mins

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• Director: William Cameron Menzies
• Screenwriter: Herbert Dalmas
• Morris Carnovsky
• Peter Van Eyck
• Carl Esmond
• Mady Christians

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Address Unknown (1944)

Directed by william cameron menzies.

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Address Unknown is a 1944 American film noir drama film directed by William Cameron Menzies based on Kressmann Taylor's novel Address Unknown (1938). The film tells the story of two families caught up in the rise of Nazism in Germany before the start of World War II.

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William Cameron Menzies’ Address Unknown is a visual feast that showcases the director’s accomplished background in art direction (producer David Selznick would recruit him to re-do Alfred Hitchcock’s and Salvador Dali’s famous dream sequence in Spellbound the following year); indeed, he was the first art director to be credited as production designer. Inventively expressionistic lighting glorifies the enormous set pieces, stately mansions, and craggy landscapes, and breathtaking interiors like Martin’s cavernous office and the baroque theater demonstrate Menzies’ uncommon boldness in art direction. The story follows Martin Schultz (Paul Lukas) and his wife Elsa (Mady Christians) as they return to Germany from California where Martin and his best friend Max Eisenstein (Morris Carnovsky) were art dealers. In Germany, Martin becomes acquainted with Baron von Friesche (Carl Esmond) who convinces Martin to join the rising Nazi party and disown Max, who is Jewish, and Max’s daughter Giselle (K.T. Stevens), who unfortunately elected to accompany the Schultz’s to Germany to pursue an acting career. Despite occasional wisps of lighthearted banter, Address Unknown is dark and disturbing: a scene in which a Nazi censor interrupts a theatrical performance is explosive and terrifying, foreshadowing the imminent death that awaits so many outside the theater. The narrative’s turning point — when Giselle is forced to escape an anti-Semitic mob and seek shelter at Martin’s mansion — is unforgettably emotional. The film is first and foremost a wartime drama, but its visual bleakness paints noir in every frame.

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The story and actors aptly held my attention, even though I knew the video was produced primarily for families to view with their children. In fact, the story was so good, I almost felt like I was in a time warp when parent’s didn’t even have to think or question the quality of the movies their children were viewing. Feature Films for Families is to be applauded for producing not only an excellent video, but giving parents a great opportunity to kick back and have some good dialogue with their children, concerning the themes developed: judging people by where they live and how they dress, that people in places of power don’t necessarily all have high integrity, and that questioning authority figures by children is OK, as long as it’s done with respect. We highly recommend this film for anyone; particularly for families to view together.

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Address unknown.

Directed by Shawn Levy

A 16 year old boy who had thought that his father's death was an accident, suspects otherwise when he receives a 10-year-old lost letter his father had written just before his death.

Kyle Howard Johna Stewart-Bowden Patrick Renna Corbin Allred Michael Flynn Scott Wilkinson Suzanne Barnes Dave Bartholomew Frank Gerrish Vince Deadrick Jr.

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Nicholas DiBella Drew Daywalt David Schneider

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Simone Boisseree

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Mittente sconosciuto

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20 mar 1997, releases by country.

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Review by friendofhagrid ★½

harmless and unremarkable - just like the rest of shawn levy’s movies i’ve seen

Review by kelso_meeks ★★½

It’s just a stamp come on now

Review by Liz ★

name a duo more unfortunate than feature films for families and the mormon church

Review by Courtney-Rey ★★

All this shit for a fucking stamp.

Review by VinnyB ★★

Levy does a good enough job with the minuscule budget it has, but the story isn’t that interesting and never hooks you into what’s going on. Could be worse though.

Review by EC ★★½

Shawn Levy might not be an A-list director but I'm surprised that so few people have logged Address Unknown as watched on Letterboxd, especially with the movie currently available on streaming.

That said though, it's not as if those people are missing out on much. Address Unknown is a very low budget family adventure film that definitely touches upon themes and tropes commonly explored in '80s adventure movies, though obviously not nearly as well as those that inspired it.

In some small way it's reminiscent of The Goonies , although clearly not based on the respective quality of both movies, but it does on occasion have a similar feel to it. It's quite a cosy film and it's about a boy…

Review by defective_saint ★★

From the director of FREE GUY, REAL STEEL, and NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM...

...comes a debut that's nothing like his other work. And not just because of the low budget and unpolished look either. I'm down for a good mystery/suspense flick for the whole family. But this didn't really fit the bill. Heck, it was not particularly interesting. Credit where it's due, it tries to approach tougher thematic material, feels like it's shot on location, and gives a cozy fall vibe. And it shows at one point Shawn Levy was capable of making a more grounded film without having to rely too much on broad humor to mask it. But this seemed too uneven and generic to really make good…

Review by Joseph Guzman ★★

Well that was pretty boring.

Review by buffum ★★½

This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

impressive how boring this movie is. the bad guys killed a dude to steal a rare postage stamp. that's like, the most boring reason to kill someone.

Review by TheTatermeister ★★★½

After watching Deadpool & Wolverine I decided to go back to the year I was born (1997) and watch Shawn Levy's first movie he made Address Unknown . It's good but flawed to say the least. The characters are engaging and do drive the story and it has sweet emotional moments, but the script is jaggedy and all over the place. It's not very coherent and it's hard to follow along with what exactly the story and plot are trying to convey. Still, I didn't hate it in any sense. For a directorial debut it's solid, Shawn Levy's later films are pretty much all better (excluding maybe The Adam Project). I think the romance/friendship dynamic with Brian and Tara was the best aspect. Otherwise it's a bit of meh.

Review by Davis_Gammons ½

If the man who’s about to release the ultimate R-rated superhero crossover in cinema history got his start making this boring, poorly-directed, acted, paced, written, just all-around inept mix of schmaltzy family drama and noir, then anyone can literally accomplish anything they want to!

Review by Bogus Bryce ★½

"Address Unknown" is the kind of film you stumble upon during those fleeting moments of a free month of Showtime, only to spend a considerable portion of your life thereafter trying to track it down. My own experience with "Address Unknown" mirrors this quest—it made its rounds a few times during Showtime's free trial, leaving me captivated by the fragments I managed to catch. It exuded a sense of mystery and excitement that resonated deeply with my youthful fascination at the time.

At its core, the story follows a young boy grappling with the reality surrounding his father's tragic accident. A decade later, the unearthing of a long-lost letter hints at a web of secrets, prompting him to enlist the…

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