Passport to Destiny (1944)
An English charwoman, believing herself protected by a magic eye amulet, travels to Nazi Germany to personally assassinate Adolf Hitler.
- Ray McCarey
- Muriel Roy Bolton
- Val Burton
Rating: 5.2/10 by 8 users
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Country:
United States of America
Language:
English
Runtime: 01 hour 05 minutes
Budget: $0
Revenue: $0
Plot Keyword: berlin, germany, nazi, cleaning lady, raf (royal air force), superstition, deaf-mute, world war ii, stowaway, eye ball, amulet, invulnerability, prison escape, magical object, air raid, bombardment, lucky charm, train travel, scrubwoman, london blitz, war widow, anti-fascism, adolf hitler, no fear, nazi germany, mop bucket, hitler parody, assassination plot, glass eye, german resistance, plot to kill hitler
This is a charming little yarn showcasing Elsa Lanchester on her own for a change. She is a British cleaning woman ("Mrs. Muggins") who, in possession of her late husband's "lucky" glass eye, sets off from a bombed London to get herself a job as a cleaner in Hitler's own Chancellory and to assassinate him. It's all a bit far fetched, but has some fun touches - the photo of her late husband is Charles Laughton; she washes the windows then wipes her hands on the Nazi flag - and in general, as the deaf and dumb "Frau Müller", she runs rings around the German military elite. Rarely seen nowadays, but certainly worth a watch.
