A Passport to Hell

A Passport to Hell

9/10/1932 1h 15m 4.7/10

Overview

Just prior to the outbreak of World War I, in the British West African town of Akkra, English woman Myra Carson becomes involved in a scandal and is deported. While Myra's ship is docked at Duala, in German West Africa, the war breaks out and she finds herself facing internment by the Germans.

Director

Frank Lloyd

Top Billed Cast

Earle Foxe

Earle Foxe

Purser

Paul Lukas

Paul Lukas

Lt. Kurt Kurtoff

Alexander Kirkland

Alexander Kirkland

Lt. Erich von Sydow

Warner Oland

Warner Oland

Baron von Sydow, Police Commandant

Donald Crisp

Donald Crisp

Sgt. Snyder

Elissa Landi

Elissa Landi

Myra Carson

Reviews

CinemaSerf

CinemaSerf

6/13/2022

6/10

This provided quite a decent part for Elissa Landi as the modern-day temptress "Myra". She's got a bit of a past, and so is unceremoniously expelled from British West Africa to the adjacent German colony - all whilst the Great War is looming. She's not exactly welcomed by her new hosts either, but luckily she has attracted the attention of a young solider "Erich" (Alexander Kirkland), a ten day whirlwind romance ensues and before his father "Baron von Sydow" (Warner Oland) can intern her, they are wed. The war comes, and she becomes embroiled in a secret espionage plot involving a map and another soldier "Kurt" (Paul Lukas) leaving the young woman with an whole host of divided loyalties... What is probably most striking about this film is the sight of Oland, before his "Charlie Chan" days, looking positively unkempt. Otherwise it's a pretty routine wartime romance with a tiny bit of a sinister plot to sharpen it up a little, but way too much romance and a dawdling pace to drag it down. Donald Crisp pops up too...

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