Orson Welles - 1955 - France/Spain/Switzerland
- Baroque, flamboyant and grotesque curiosity by Orson Welles from the mid-1950s, full of his characteristically exuberant camerawork and editing.
- One of several Welles' films that portray an investigation into a tyrant's life and times.
- Inspired by Welles' signature character Harry Lime from The Third Man, specifically the radio series The Lives of Harry Lime.
- A novelization was published purporting to have been written by Welles, but he swore he never wrote it, read it, nor made a dime from it.
- Welles was not happy with the film in his lifetime because - as often happened - it was removed from his control, but it has developed a major following.
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