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Secret Beyond the Door... (1947) [Re-UP]

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Secret Beyond the Door... (1947) [Re-UP]

Secret Beyond the Door… (1947)
DVD5 | VIDEO_TS | PAL 4:3 | 01:34:35 | 4,20 Gb
Audio: English AC3 2.0 @ 192 Kbps | Subs: English SDH
Genre: Film-Noir, Mystery

Director: Fritz Lang
Stars: Joan Bennett, Michael Redgrave, Anne Revere

When Celia (Joan Bennett, Scarlet Street) marries architect Mark Lamphere (Michael Redgrave, The Lady Vanishes) after a whirlwind romance, life seems blissful – but all is not as it appears. Her husband’s mansion contains re-creations of rooms in which infamous murders took place and his previous wife died in strange circumstances. Is the young bride’s imagination overactive, or do the opulent walls hide a sinister secret – and why is one room always kept locked?

Fritz Lang’s atmospheric romantic thriller is now available for the first time in a definitive, remastered edition featuring an extensive stills and poster gallery and rare on-set photographs.


The rise of psychoanalysis and the experience of World War II meant that themes of psychological trauma, repression and madness frequently found their way into films of the 1940s. This could be seen in the classic noirs of the period (Fritz Lang’s Scarlet Street being one of the best examples) as well as intriguing melodramas such as Spellbound, Experiment Perilous and 1947’s Secret Beyond the Door. Lang's film features several direct references to Freud, and explores ideas of supressed memories and the effect of death and parental relationships on the psyche.

Secret Beyond the Door... (1947) [Re-UP]

Joan Bennett plays Celia, a young woman from New York who meets the charming, apparently rich newspaper owner Mark (Redgrave) while holidaying in Mexico. The two quickly get hitched, and Celia moves into Mark’s family mansion, where Celia meets Mark’s friendly but aloof sister Caroline (Revere) and eccentric caretaker Miss Robey (O’Neil).

Secret Beyond the Door... (1947) [Re-UP]

Yet domestic bliss isn’t forthcoming. Celia finds that Mark also lives with his sensitive young son who pines after his dead mother, and Mark has a bizarre habit of styling the bedrooms of the house to resemble famous murder sites. Mark also seems to suffer from violent mood swings – affable and generous one minute, rage-filled or taciturn the next. Gradually, Celia begins to wonder what lies beyond the one locked bedroom in the house…

Secret Beyond the Door... (1947) [Re-UP]

Despite the fairly familiar story, Lang and writer Silvia Richards keep you guessing until the fairly silly finale, and the opulent mansion setting contrasts nicely with the dark deeds that Celia suspects have occurred within its walls. As well drawing on the Bluebeard legend (itself the basis for Edgar G. Ulmer’s 1944 film Bluebeard), there are shades of other Hitchcock classics (Suspicion, Rebecca) and even Jane Eyre. The dramatic last-minute flashback would go on to become a classic giallo device 30 years later (as an aside, fans of Italian horror might recognise Bennett from her final appearance in 1977’s Suspiria).

Secret Beyond the Door... (1947) [Re-UP]

Bennett makes for a sympathetic wide-eyed heroine, and Celia’s weary-sounding voiceover throws up a few nice lines (“This is no time for me to think of danger. This is my wedding day!”). But while Redgrave is a believable enough potential psycho, his charming/creepy performance here pales against Dead of Night's disturbed ventriloquist.

Secret Beyond the Door... (1947) [Re-UP]

As you'd expect, Lang crafts some striking sequences – Mark dreaming he’s on trial with himself as defendant, judge and jury; Celia fleeing through vast, shadowy corridors and into the woods beyond; Mark giving a tour of the house’s “murder rooms” to delighted guests – and there’s a dreamy opening shot courtesy of Disney.

Secret Beyond the Door... (1947) [Re-UP]

Yet this is a film that is more about memorable moments than a satisfying whole. The movie lacks the power or surprises of Lang’s best work, missing the social commentary of M and Metropolis or the depth of the director’s previous team-up with Bennett, Scarlet Street. But for all that, Secret Beyond the Door remains an interesting and important part of Lang’s Hollywood years, and it's great to see the film finally getting a DVD release (in a nicely remastered print, too).
Secret Beyond the Door... (1947) [Re-UP]

Despite all the blood, sweat and tears that produced this "failure," Secret Beyond the Door remains a film of such undeniable power it may still enchant viewers, even if it is just for a moment in the movie's 99 minute running time. Joan Bennett once confessed that when she first heard that Fritz Lang was 20th Century Fox's choice to make The Return of Frank James (1940), she was a bit puzzled by the news. Asking mogul Darryl F. Zanuck why he would chose "a middle European to do an American Western, [he replied] 'Because he'll see things that we don't,'" and this may never have been truer than when making Secret Beyond the Door. Later, when Bennett confided some of her many problems with the mercurial director to Zanuck, he told her simply: "Let him have one good resounding flop and he'll be adorable."
Excerpt from TCM's Review
Secret Beyond the Door... (1947) [Re-UP]

Special Features:
- Digitally remastered
- Stills and poster gallery
- Behind-the-scenes image gallery
- Filmographies

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