Topaz (1969)
Directed by Alfred Hitchcock
Copenhagen, Denmark, 1962. When a high-ranking Soviet official decides to change sides, a French intelligence agent is caught up in a cold, silent and bloody spy war in which his own family will play a decisive role.
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The star of "Topaz" is Hitchcock, who, except for his brief, signature appearance, remains just off-screen, manipulating our emotions as well as our memories of so many other Hitchcock films, including "Foreign Correspondent," "Saboteur" and "Torn Curtain," all inferior to "Topaz."
The star of "Topaz" is Hitchcock, who, except for his brief, signature appearance, remains just off-screen, manipulating our emotions as well as our memories of so many other Hitchcock films, including "Foreign Correspondent," "Saboteur" and "Torn Curtain," all inferior to "Topaz."
Dany Robin, cast as Stafford's worried wife, and Claude Jade, who was so lovely in Truffaut's "Stolen Kisses," and who here plays Stafford's worried daughter, frown quite a lot.
Having made "Rope," however, he never indulged himself in this way again, though he did occasionally use the long, uninterrupted take in other films, most notably in the beautiful introductory sequence of "Topaz."