I Confess

I Confess

  • Director: Alfred Hitchcock
  • Writer: George Tabori,William Archibald,Paul Anthelme
  • Countries of origin: United States, Canada
  • Language: English, French, Italian, German
  • Release date: February 18, 1953
  • Aspect ratio: 1.37 : 1
  • Also known as: Alfred Hitchcock's 'I Confess!'
  • "I Confess" is a thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock and starring Montgomery Clift and Anne Baxter . It was released in the United States on March 22, 1953.
    The film tells the story that Father Logan was accused of being a suspect in a murder case, and he finally cleared himself of his grievances while insisting that he did not violate the guidelines of the clergy   .

    Details

    • Release date February 18, 1953
    • Filming locations Eglise Saint-Zéphirin de Stadacona, quartier Limoilou, 972 rue Saint-Jean, Québec, Québec, Canada
    • Production companies Warner Bros.

    Box office

    Gross US & Canada

    $2,000,000

    Movie reviews

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    • By Skylar 2022-11-02 04:34:04

      Religious secrets

      Confession is a heart-to-heart drama. The hero’s grievances are comparable to Dou E and Yang Naiwu, which is about to put the audience out of trouble. Hitchcock has always liked innocent male protagonists, but like this show, he is so stubborn. It is rare to abuse a male protagonist to the end.
            A change from Hitchcock’s usual suspense and horror, a lot of court scenes have been added to this show. Unfortunately, the filming is very poor. It violates too much legal common sense to...

    • By Gracie 2022-09-23 07:44:59

      This can test your faith

      There is often a line
      in American movies that one person in the front said a very troublesome thing, and the other person said that this can test your faith.

      A murderer confessed to the priest, and then the priest is suspected of committing the crime, but because of his professional ethics, he Unable to tell the content of other people's confession to him, it almost became an unjust, false and wrongful case. Fortunately, the conscience of the convict's wife discovered that she...

    • By Leonard 2022-05-01 06:01:04

      A rare metaphysical Hitchcock

      Hitchcock’s labels are mostly suspense, horror, tension, excitement, good-looking, or constantly showing new film techniques, while the suspense of this film is still there, but it shows another side of its rare.
      This film is one of the few suspenseful films of Hitchcock that point to serious religion. A priest must keep a secret for the confessor, even if the confessor is the murderer. This is a paradox, and it has also become the suspense of the film. This is a bold and sensitive...

    • By Melany 2022-05-01 06:01:04

      The Chinese translation of the name of the movie I saw is "Repentance of Love and Hate". I think it's more flavorful.

      I’ve been admiring Hitchcock’s name for a long time, but this is the first time I have watched his movie. I think there is a certain difference between this movie and Hitchcock’s movie I imagined-the suspenseful color of this movie. It's not very strong. Basically, from the beginning to the end, as an audience, I know the truth of the matter. The only thing that worries me is not the case itself, but the faces of all beings facing this murder.
      Father Logan is undoubtedly the focus of the...

    • By Vita 2022-05-01 06:01:04

      Comment on Confession

      For a while, I was obsessed with suspense films and watched many Hitchcock films one after another. Compared with many masterpieces, this film is not well known-I haven't even heard of the name before. The suspense of the film is not heavy, and the plot is not complicated. It explores a very classical question: should the priest keep a secret for anyone's confession?

      The following spoiler warning.

      At the beginning of the story, the camera...

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    • By Marlon 2023-09-16 21:11:11

      "What's the same as Hitchcock? We have the same trouser size, but he is a little shorter. I am also fat, Catholic, depressed, and I wear black. Anyway, there are a lot of similarities. But I don't want to pretend to be myself. It’s a Hitchcock-style decoder or repeater. I have completely different emotions, but I love his interpretation. Go to see his interview with Truffau, the most famous film book, and his thoughts on his own work. Interpretation, showing a high level of accomplishment,...

    • By Joy 2023-09-14 13:19:35

      How to clear the crime under the pressure of religion and innocence should be the focus of this film, but Xi Pang's handling was too sloppy, and too much emphasis was placed on how to make Meng Shuai a...

    • By Jayne 2023-09-07 13:49:56

      There is no conflict in the whole story, it's all in the language of the camera. When I encounter religious issues, I get blinded, but I always feel that there is actually a lot of content in it. Watch it again if you have...

    • By Janelle 2023-08-29 09:23:55

      "So the priest talked. Hey Logan! Where are you, Father Logan?" The roles of Father Logan and Otto Keller are really...

    • By Mckenna 2023-08-04 04:09:32

      The real culprit of the crime has been informed long ago, and the whole process and outcome are shaping the priest's adherence to the faith and the secular speculation on the human heart. The suspenseful crime is not the point here, but why the characters are here is the...

    Movie plot

    There was a corpse in the room, the curtain was still trembling, and a priest-like person hurriedly walked away from the window. At the corner of the street, he took off his robe to reveal his original clothes, and then walked into the church, where he saw a priest in the dim light. The young priest recognized this person as the church steward Keller. Keller asked Father Logan to confess him. In the confession room, Keller told the...
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    "I Confess" is another film about clearing away unjust, false and wrong cases, and the biggest feature of the film is that the case is told to the audience from the beginning, and the injustices suffered by the characters are not clarified until the last minute. However, even though the final answer was stated in advance, the suspense of how to clear the grievances still exists, and with the development of the film, all the evidence...
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    Movie quotes

    • Otto Keller: I must confess to you. I must tell someone. I want to make a confession.

    • Pierre Grandfort: What does one do when one's wife is in love with a priest?

    • Pierre Grandfort: The honorable member has used every known clich except perhaps "curb your dog, keep your city clean."

      Legislator: Equal salary for female schoolteachers would bring disaster to our whole economy.

      Pierre Grandfort: Except to the economy of female schoolteachers.