PhiloThe Stranger (1946)
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Viewer Rating
Rating: 8.0
Overview
An investigator from the War Crimes Commission travels to Connecticut to find an infamous Nazi, who may be hiding out in a small town in the guise of a distinguished professor engaged to the Supreme Court Justice’s daughter.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Philo
Apple TVBias Dimensions
Political: Center
Diversity: Low
Christianity: Positive
Judaism: Positive
Overview
An investigator from the War Crimes Commission travels to Connecticut to find an infamous Nazi, who may be hiding out in a small town in the guise of a distinguished professor engaged to the Supreme Court Justice’s daughter.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
PhiloApple TVDetailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Primary
The film critiques the extreme ideology of Nazism from a universally accepted moral standpoint, focusing on the pursuit of justice and the upholding of law and order against an unambiguous evil, rather than engaging with partisan political debates within the US context.
The film features traditional casting typical of its period, with no explicit diversity initiatives in character representation. Its narrative centers on a pursuit of justice against a war criminal, without engaging in critical portrayals of traditional identities or incorporating explicit DEI themes.
Secondary
The film implicitly upholds the moral framework of the small American town, rooted in Christian values, as a positive ideal against the Nazi evil. The protagonists' pursuit of justice aligns with these values.
The film's narrative unequivocally condemns the Nazi ideology and its persecution of Jewish people, positioning the audience to sympathize with the victims and the need for justice against perpetrators like Kindler.
Orson Welles's 'The Stranger' is a film noir thriller centered on a Nazi war criminal. The narrative does not include any identifiable LGBTQ+ characters, relationships, or themes, resulting in no portrayal of queer identity.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
The Stranger (1946) is an original film with characters created specifically for its screenplay. There is no prior source material, historical record, or earlier adaptation from which character genders could have been established and subsequently changed.
The Stranger (1946) is an original film with characters created for the movie. There is no prior source material, historical record, or previous installment to establish a canonical race for any character that could then be altered.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
8.0
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
User Ratings
7.3
7.2
Critic Ratings
9.7
7.6
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