The Devil Makes Three

Berghof
I mainly purchased this movie because it was the last film of Hitler's Berghof before the Bavarian government demolished it. The movie is pretty good on it's own merits with the winter scenes of the Berghof a visual bonus.

My second favorite Gene Kelly Movie
There's only one Gene Kelly film that I like better: "The Happy Road" (1957) which is finally out on DVD since last year.
I don't know how often I have watched "The Devil makes three", but it must have been 5 or 6 times over the past 4 decades.
This movie has been filmed after WW II in Bavaria (Berchtesgaden and Munich).
It's very dramatic and suspenseful. Pier Angeli was never better in another role.

Also I can highly recommend:
1. The 4 Musketeers (1948, with Lana Turner)
2. Cover Girl (1944, with Rita Hayworth)
3. Les Girls (1957, Mitzi Gaynor and Kay Kendall)
4. On The Town (1949, Vera-Ellen and Frank Sinatra)

THE DEVIL MAKES THREE: An Underestimated Postwar Thriller
It's a shame this film took so long to make DVD release---it's an ambitious piece of filmmaking. Sadly, the premise of a neo-Nazi resurgence in postwar Germany had been pretty well worked over by 1952, when the film was released. Still, it's got a lot going for it; Gene Kelly gives a respectable dramatic performance, as does beautiful newcomer Pier Angeli. The Bavarian and Austrian locations, along with the winter weather, lend the film an undeniable authenticity(which almost overcomes some of the plot's sketchier elements). The climax of a mountainous chase between a ringleader (played by German actor Claus Clausen) and US/German military police was in fact filmed in the ruins of Hitler's retreat at Berchtesgaden. Director Andrew Marton made an impressive, entertaining job of this film---recommended.

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