# Ministry of Fear (1944)

> A recently released asylum patient becomes trapped in a disorienting Nazi espionage conspiracy while trying to return to ordinary life in wartime England.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/12894

## Facts

- Runtime: 86 min
- Genres: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
- Director: Fritz Lang
- Cast: Ray Milland, Marjorie Reynolds, Carl Esmond, Hillary Brooke, Percy Waram, Dan Duryea, Alan Napier, Erskine Sanford
- TMDB rating: 6.9/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0037075/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: brisk
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: layered
- Violence: moderate
- Mood: paranoid, eerie, brooding, classic noir night, wartime thriller marathon

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