This Can't Happen Here (1950)
Original title: Sånt händer inte här
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Atka Natas is a secret agent from the oppressive regime of Liquidatzia. He visits his estranged wife Vera, a chemist who is involved with a group of exiles trying to smuggle their compatriots out of Liquidatzia. Almkvist, a local policeman and former lover of Vera's, contacts her while investigating the death of one of the refugees. Natas has a list of agents operating in the host country and wants to sell them to the Americans. However before he can do so, Vera tries to kill him, after an argument about getting her parents out of Liquidatzia.
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Signe HassoVera Irmelin
Alf KjellinBjörn Almkvist
Ulf PalmeAtkä Natas
Gösta CederlundDoctor
Yngve NordwallLindell
Stig OlinYoung ManRagnar KlangeFilip Rundblom
Hugo BolanderHotel ManagerTor BorongDoorkeeper
Helga BrofeldtElderly Woman
Sven-Axel CarlssonYoung ManGregor DahlmanSecret Service ManMovie DNA
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What is This Can't Happen Here about?
Atka Natas is a secret agent from the oppressive regime of Liquidatzia. He visits his estranged wife Vera, a chemist who is involved with a group of exiles trying to smuggle their compatriots out of Liquidatzia. Almkvist, a local policeman and former lover of Vera's, contacts her while investigating the death of one of the refugees. Natas has a list of agents operating in the host country and wants to sell them to the Americans. However before he can do so, Vera tries to kill him, after an argument about getting her parents out of Liquidatzia.
How long is This Can't Happen Here?
This Can't Happen Here has a runtime of 84 minutes.