The homosexual Austro-Hungarian intelligence officer of John Osborne's play, A Patriot for Me, is portrayed predominantly in shades of frigid blue, as if the action were viewed inside an ice cube. This may be someone's notion of "distancing." The movie takes too long to get to the interesting stuff -- into the Archduke's court and nearer the First World War -- but Klaus Maria Brandauer, with his vulpine face, makes of the central character a forceful and pitiful figure. Directed by Istvan Szabo. (1985) — Duncan Shepherd
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