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Even though there is not much to hate or dislike about The Hessen
Affair, this is not an high-quality production movie. So it's best to
have least expectations before watching it; and consider that as it
says at the opening scene the film is based on a true story.

During the times close to the end of World War-II when U.S. Army was in
lands of Germany, Colonel Jack Durant and his German spy Roy Tarlton
come across a treasure full of jewels of the crown. Colonel Durant
captures this treasure and shares them with his sweetheart Lt.Kathleen
Nash. Hence his spy Roy Tarlton turns against him with jealousy.
Tarlton flashes this secret information to German Princess Sophie Von
Hessen, who sends a letter to U.S Army Colonel Jack Durant declaring
that she is the owner of the treasury. In a little while Hitler goes
off the deep end, so the war draws to a close. Accordingly Colonel
Durant and his sweetheart got their discharge from the army, after
deciding to demonstrate the jewels of the crown as spoils of war with
the assistance of a lawyer named Maloney, to the Chief Warrant Officer.
After coming to NYC, Lt.Kathleen Nash charms a Las Vegas casino owner
to sell the treasury. In the meantime, Colonel Durant faces hard
circumstances like losing his accountant and lawyer against Roy
Tarlton. Roy appears in NYC as well to put up a trouble on Durant. But
working separately for the same purpose, Durant and Nash prevail over
Tarlton selling the treasure to the Vegas millionaire at a very high
cost.

There are no good guy nor bad guy in the film. A happy ending awaits
for the leading part. The story is very unique, but screenplay hasn't
been transferred well enough to the script. Billy Zane acted pretty
good. I guess he was the only one that fits with his character. Leading
actress Lyne Renee, a 30-year-old Belgian nymph, has nothing <...no
talent, no capacity, no voice, no capability, no harmony...> but her
charming beauty. Here ,of course, the best job has done by the costume
designer of the film crew: Karyn Wagner. The nostalgic French style
see-through black lingerie for women of the 1960s' -that has introduced
by Brigitte Bardot once- ... The charm of the red high heel shoes on a
woman... The official mini skirt wear... The jewelry choice for a naked
woman body -that also has been displayed in Titanic(1998) before-...
And the best choice for a morning dress for the women is ,of course, to
wear her man's white dress-look shirt with the top 3 buttons and cuff
links undone... The loudest applause for Karyn Wagner, who also
costumed the actors in the Notebook(2004) and the Green Mile(1999) a
while ago. If someone ,like me, wants to edit a short compilation movie
of the nude and sex-related scenes of this film, it wouldn't be less
than 15 minutes. Although, the images and scenes are not disturbing;
that's how it must be done. It's still good and OK to watch with whole
family.

Don't ask me the technical aspects, I wonder if there is any. It's a
silent, more talking less action type of movie and the sound at the
action scenes cannot be evaluated as average. Cinematography is low, we
cannot even tell which scenes are in studio which scenes are open-air.
Basically the light scheme is a total failure. Camera works are so-so;
camera movements and locations are good enough to keep your eyes open
till the end. It can be a boring film, but it's never a sleeper. You
cannot tell what's going to happen next. This also possesses the only
good aspect of the film that holds the watching loyalty of the viewer:
There is always a little mystery through a suspension..