In order to help bring Nazis to justice, U.S. government agent T.R. Devlin recruits Alicia Huberman, the American daughter of a convicted German war criminal, as a spy. As they begin to fall for one another, Alicia is instructed to win the affections of Alexander Sebastian, a Nazi hiding out in Brazil. When Sebastian becomes serious about his relationship with Alicia, the stakes get higher, and Devlin must watch her slip further undercover.
In order to help bring Nazis to justice, U.S. government agent T.R. Devlin recruits Alicia Huberman, the American daughter of a convicted German war criminal, as a spy. As they begin to fall for one another, Alicia is instructed to win the affections of Alexander Sebastian, a Nazi hiding out in Brazil. When Sebastian becomes serious about his relationship with Alicia, the stakes get higher, and Devlin must watch her slip further undercover.
The film explores the moral complexities and personal sacrifices inherent in espionage and national security operations, balancing the necessity of combating a clear external threat with the human cost of such missions, resulting in a neutral political stance.
This film features a traditional cast with no apparent intentional race or gender swaps of roles. The narrative does not critically portray traditional identities, nor does it incorporate explicit DEI themes as central to its story.
Alfred Hitchcock's 'Notorious' does not feature any identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes. The narrative primarily focuses on heterosexual relationships within a spy thriller context, with no elements pertaining to queer identity or experiences.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
Notorious (1946) is an original film with characters created specifically for its screenplay. There are no pre-existing source materials, historical figures, or prior installments from which characters' genders could have been established and subsequently altered.
Notorious (1946) is an original story for the screen, not an adaptation of pre-existing material with established character races or a biopic of historical figures. Therefore, no characters were canonically established as a different race prior to this film's production.
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