Movies Obscura: "Salvation Alley" (1949)

Monday, August 10, 2009

"Salvation Alley" (1949)

"Salvation Alley" (1949) Malcolm Poe’s post World War II fantasy. Jessica, a 12 year old German girl, suffers from traumatic depression in the days following the end of the war. Her parents missing, she is left to fend for herself in what is left of her former neighborhood. Her friends gone and no family to speak of, she is all alone...until one day she meets a young boy who can not remember his

name and has no recollection of his past. As their friendship developes, Jessica starts to piece together the mystery about the boy that leads to a very surprising revelation. "Fans of M. Night Shyamalan and Guillermo Del Toro might want to take a look at Poe’s early cult masterpiece" -the London Cinema Almanac. (86 mins.) B&W

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