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After a whirlwind romance while on vacation in Mexico, young and beautiful heiress Celia (Bennett) decides to marry Mark Lamphere (Redgrave), the publisher of an architectural journal. Once the honeymoon is over, however, Celia begins to suspect that her new husband is deeply disturbed and may have murdered his first wife. Filled with stunning visuals and amazing camera moves. Lang creates an engrossing film. The most successful aspect of the production is the cinematography, which creates a shadowy world of false appearances, hidden meanings, and elusive truths. The musical score by Miklos Rozsa also is fascinating. In the screening room Lang suggested that Rozsa compose the music in reverse and then when the reversed score was recorded it could be played back the other way, making the music sound normal but retaining an intangible, odd quality. The trick worked and Rozsas score adds an eerie and disturbing facet to the overall effect. (official distributor synopsis)

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kaylin 

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English I'll admit a bit disappointingly that I expected more from Fritz Lang. Musically, the film is overly grandiose and excessively emphasizes that this is something terrifying. The story is incredibly suspenseful, but the finale definitely doesn't contribute significantly to it and does it no favors. I could imagine the psychological scenes being more effectively portrayed. ()

POMO 

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English Did Fritz Lang really have to so blatantly steal from Hitchcock? This is no homage or tribute to Rebecca; it is merely a less successful copy in every way. Secret Beyond the Door is further marred by its lack of gothic set designs to give it the necessary mysterious atmosphere and by the main male character without the necessary charisma. The potentially most interesting character of his son is criminally underdeveloped and the final revelation is unsatisfactory and banal. ()

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