“We must love one another, or die. And in our hearts we know this to be true.”
Secret People introduces the world to the first major film role of Miss Audrey Hepburn. While her screen time is limited, every time she’s on screen she’s as elegant as ever. The overall film was bit lackluster unfortunately. It wasn’t as terrible as I expected, it’s not a bad film by any means, but the pacing is pretty poor for a 94 minute film, the rest of the acting (with exception to Hepburn) is meh and the story felt like a rejected Hitchcock script. If you’re on a Hepburn binge watch, I don’t think this would be a pain to get through, but just keep in mind that Miss Hepburn’s screen time is limited.
Just a little fun fact, after the release of this film, director Thorold Dickinson sent a test screening of Hepburn to Ben-Hur director William Wyler. Wyler ended up casting Hepburn in her breakout role and my personal favorite Hepburn film, Roman Holiday.
“We must love one another, or die. And in our hearts we know this to be true.”
Secret People introduces the world to the first major film role of Miss Audrey Hepburn. While her screen time is limited, every time she’s on screen she’s as elegant as ever. The overall film was bit lackluster unfortunately. It wasn’t as terrible as I expected, it’s not a bad film by any means, but the pacing is pretty poor for a 94 minute film, the rest of the acting (with exception to Hepburn) is meh and the story felt like a rejected Hitchcock script. If you’re on a Hepburn binge watch, I don’t think this would be a pain to get through, but just keep in mind that Miss Hepburn’s screen time is limited.
Just a little fun fact, after the release of this film, director Thorold Dickinson sent a test screening of Hepburn to Ben-Hur director William Wyler. Wyler ended up casting Hepburn in her breakout role and my personal favorite Hepburn film, Roman Holiday.
