Review – Berlin Correspondent

Between September 1939 and December 1941, Europe was fighting a war that the United States wasn’t formally a part of. This spy picture takes advantage of the awkward state of affairs faced by American journalists working in Germany at the time. Though not officially at war, the hostility between the two countries and their respective ideologies was clear. As our hero tries his best to secretly incorporate the truth into his heavily-censored broadcasts, the Gestapo is hot on the trail of his information sources. In keeping with the spirit of 1942 when the picture came out, the drama is corny and the preachy propaganda gets laid on thick. But in a way it’s kinda comforting to know from the outset that truth and justice are going to prevail and the bad guys are going to get what’s coming to them in the end. Mildly amusing