Her Last Affaire

1935

Drama

3
IMDb Rating 5.9/10 10 101 101

Director

Michael Powell Photo
Michael Powell

Top cast

Cecil Parker Photo
Cecil Parker as Sir Arthur Harding
Googie Withers Photo
Googie Withers as Effie
Henry Caine Photo
Henry Caine as Inspector Marsh
Sophie Stewart Photo
Sophie Stewart as Judy Weyre
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625.02 MB
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English 2.0
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24 fps
1 hr 8 min
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1480*1080
English 2.0
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24 fps
1 hr 8 min
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by max von meyerling 6 / 10

Amusing but unimportant quota quickie from a latter day master filmmaker

This is a very early and entirely inconsequential Michael Powell film. There were some influences from Hitchcock in its self consciously 'clever' use of sound, and the plot might have been thought "Hitchcockian' by the way others understand that term, but its interesting to note that when Hitchcock characters feel and act guilty its never as specifically spelled out as it is here. This is because all Hitchcockian guilt can be traced back to original sin and in this instance everything connected to guilt seems implanted by a social system which seems positively pre-historic. The guilty feeling chap in this one actually talks to himself and imagines how he would appear guilty to other people and senselessly flees even though its obvious to anyone and everyone that he didn't 'do it.' Still a not witless effort. One character says to Sir Julian, a politician- You're sure to be made foreign secretary, to which he answers that he hopes he isn't because he prefers his Geneva in a bottle. In the pub someone can be heard singing - She was only a bookmakers daughter until she came in at five to four. As its usually said, some expert milling about by some fine and familiar actors.
Reviewed by malcolmgsw 5 / 10

Familiar faces abound

Nearly every character in this Michael Powell directed thriller is played by a familiar faces. Cecil Parker is the family doctor. John Laurie plays a publican,long before his dad's army game. Hugh Williams is what you could call the juvenile lead. Felix Aylmer is to be seen, even a very young Google Withers. Francis L Sullivan is a worried husband.. Whilst there are a couple of nice flourishes from Powell,the film generated little real drama and the film rather ends on an anti climax.. This film wasn't about making a great artistic statement but about selling the film to a distributor at the best price.
Reviewed by daoldiges 5 / 10

More Than Just Her Last Affaire

Her Last Affaire was playing at MoMA the other day as part of a Michael Powell retrospective and I decided to give it a viewing. With Michael Powell directing and this somewhat familiar cast of British regulars for this time, I was expected a pleasant enough screening. Unfortunately, in the end, and at times before that, I was generally disappointed. One of the main follies of the film that does not work is the male leading fleeing to get away from a crime that he clearly did not commit (and it would have been very easy to prove). At first I kept thinking that I'd missed something. Or that I missed a few keys words of explanation due to the at times fast pacing and/or English accents. But I stuck with it and no, I actually didn't miss a thing. The male lead really did act out in a way that completely undercut the credibility of the film, and as a result robbed it of much of the entertainment value.
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