MOVIE · 1951

The Lost Man

CrimeDramaThrillerWar98 min

Peter Lorre is a German scientist in World War II whose secret research becomes a deadly liability when he learns that his fiancée has been passing his findings to the enemy. That discovery leads to murder, and the aftermath hangs over the film as Lorre, also directing, builds the story in a stark noir frame. Karl John and Renate Mannhardt are among the figures caught in the wartime fallout, as suspicion closes around the crime and the man at its center.