Torn Curtain story

movie: Torn Curtain (1966) · 1966

Torn Curtain is a 1966 American political thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock, and starring Paul Newman and Julie Andrews. Written by Brian Moore, the film is set in the Cold War. It is about an American scientist who appears to defect behind the Iron Curtain to East Germany.

10 total · 1 choice · 9 major

Theme	Level	Motivation
espionage	choice	The title is an allusion to secret agent kind of clandestine activities undertaken by the US in East Germany during the Cold War.
academic occupation	major	We saw many fanciful scenes from academia as the authors of the story imagined it.
communism	major	The story concerned the virtues or otherwise of the political system in East Germany and the Soviet Union during the Cold War.
defection	major	Michael feigned to defect to the East.
engaged couple	major	Michael and Sarah were intending to tie the knot.
facing organized pursuit	major	The East German military and police were all after Michael and Sarah, lest they should escape with their knowledge of nuclear activities in the East.
law enforcement	major	East German police were present quite often.
nuclear weapons	major	The story concerns the efforts by scientists during the Cold War to build ever better atomic bombs.
scientist occupation	major	Michael was a rocket scientist, a physicist, and a professor.
the Cold War	major	The title is an allusion to secret agent kind of clandestine activities undertaken by the US in East Germany during the Cold War.