Witness for the Prosecution (from Mrs. Kluge)

Hey all!  I meant to add this to the "big" list of notes, but forgot.  A couple thoughts about the movie "Witness for the Prossecution"  I mentioned at practice:

1) It's set in WWII - so the people, clothes, etc. are very relevent to our play.  This is set in London and a brief part in Germany, so there are some differences in buildings, etc. but as a character study, this is a great movie for that purpose.  (Plus, I think a lot of you older kids would really like it!  Evan and Marie have gotten into watching old movies with me and they like them too.)

2) For our cast members that are supposed to be from Germany - this has a great character to listen to for your accent.  One of the actors is Marlene Dietrich - very famous actress from that time period.  She's awesome!  Her character is supposed to be from Germany but moved to England.  In the story, she met her husband in Germany when he was a soldier, they married and she moved to England with him.  So this is a great example of a soft German accent - obviously someone that was from Germany but had spoken English so much that it wasn't a strong accent any longer.

That brings up a couple parts that I wanted parents to know about.  Again, I had no problem letting Marie and Evan watch the movie, but just so you are aware:  In the part where Marlene Dietrich's character meets her husband, they meet in a "bar" where Marlene is a singer.  There's one scuffle where the soldiers are trying to get her to show her beautiful legs.  Not a big deal, but her pant leg gets ripped.  Just after that, Marlene and her soon-to-be-husband go for coffee in her "apartment" and he does not leave.  So they don't show anything bad, but it's suggested.  Lastly at the end when the "mystery" is all revealed, there is a stabbing.  It is not gruesome at all, they really don't show much of anything, but it is there.  Certainly adds a twist to the whole story.  I don't want to give any more away to ruin it for anyone.  That's all - hope you enjoy it because it really is a wonderful movie!