Back The Iron Curtain Catalan The Iron Curtain Welsh پرده آهنین (فیلم) Persian Le Rideau de fer French Il sipario di ferro Italian 鉄のカーテン (映画) Japanese The Iron Curtain Dutch The Iron Curtain Portuguese Cortina de fier (film) Romanian Железный занавес (фильм) Russian
| The Iron Curtain | |
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| Directed by | William A. Wellman |
| Screenplay by | Milton Krims |
| Based on | I Was Inside Stalin's Spy Ring 1947 articles in Hearst's International-Cosmopolitan by Igor Gouzenko |
| Produced by | Sol C. Siegel |
| Starring | Dana Andrews Gene Tierney |
| Narrated by | Reed Hadley |
| Cinematography | Charles G. Clarke |
| Edited by | Louis R. Loeffler |
| Music by | Alfred Newman |
| Color process | Black and white |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | 20th Century-Fox |
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Running time | 87 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $2 million (US rentals)[1] |
The Iron Curtain is a 1948 American thriller film starring Dana Andrews and Gene Tierney, directed by William A. Wellman. It was the first film on the Cold War.[2] The film was based on the memoirs of Igor Gouzenko.[3] Principal photography was done on location in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada by Charles G. Clarke.[4] The film was later re-released as Behind the Iron Curtain.
In Shostakovich v. Twentieth Century-Fox, Russian composer Dmitry Shostakovich unsuccessfully sued 20th Century-Fox, the film's distributor, in New York court, for using musical works of his that could not be excluded from the public domain. However, the plaintiffs were victorious in the French analog Société Le Chant du Monde v. Société Fox Europe and Société Fox Americaine Twentieth Century.
- ^ "Top Grossers of 1948", Variety 5 January 1949 p 46
- ^ Christopher Newfield (2020). "Cold War and Culture War". In Paul Lauter (ed.). Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture A Companion to American Literature and Culture Genealogies of American Literary Study. Wiley-Blackwell. p. 76. doi:10.1002/9781444320626.ch5. ISBN 9781444320626.
- ^ "The Iron Curtain". Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved April 28, 2014.
- ^ Higham, Charles; Greenberg, Joel (1968). Hollywood in the Forties. London: A. Zwemmer Limited. p. 75. ISBN 0-302-00477-7.