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Actors: Humphrey Bogart, Lee J.Cobb, Märta Torén, Everett Sloane, Zero Mostel, Nick Dennis
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Sirocco |
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Based on a Joseph Kessel novel (Coup de Grâce), SIROCCO is a movie directed by Curtis Bernhardt in 1951.
The setting is Damas, Syria in 1925. Colonel Feroud, the head of the French secret services based in the Syrian capital, is an idealist. He firmly believes, at variance with his direct superior, that he can convince Emir Hassan, the chief of the civilian rebellion against the French garrison, to come to the negotiating table.
But first Feroud must stop the arms dealing with the Syrians. He'll manage to prove that Harry Smith, an American businessman, is the man responsible for this trafic. Meanwhile Damas is under siege, the French soldiers being the target of snipers or guerrilla warfare.
Feroud proposes to Harry Smith, in exchange for his life, to arrange a meeting with Emir Hassan for him. Smith, at first skeptical, will soon change his mind and respect the courage of Feroud who, without his superiors's consent, agrees to disappear into the catacombs of the city in order to approach the Syrian leader.
--Daniel Staebler, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Sirocco |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Composition of Movie
Actual chase scenes or violence - 20%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 20%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 60%
Time/Era of Movie:
- 1900-1920's
Legal/Political Thriller?
Yes
Political Plotlets:
- managing/preventing conflict with other nations
Romance
Yes
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- senior military
Age:
- 40's-50's
Eccentric:
Yes
- obsessed
Hair style
- short/standard straight (man)
Body type
- fat (man)
Events of movie makes character more...
- sad
Ethnicity/Nationality
- French
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Intelligence
- Very much smarter than other characters
Physique
- very athletic
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Hair style
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- average build (man)
How much in movie?
- 80%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Main Adversary
Identity:
- enemy army
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 90%-100%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Arab
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Setting
Africa
Yes
Part of Africa:
- Arabic Africa
City?
Yes
City:
- Dirty, grimy (like New York)
- dangerous
Misc setting
- fort/military installation
- cave
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- non-gory references to death/punishment
Movie makes you feel...
- frustrated
How many deaths in film?
- 4-8
Kind of violence:
- mission to rescue
Check here if B&W
Yes
Any profanity?
- None
Lot of special effects?
Yes
Kinds of F/X
- exploding bombs
If Soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Orchestra/classical
Is this movie based on a
- book
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