Another one of not-my-favorite Hitchcocks but that bus scene is riveting and Lila Kedrova's performance slays.

I found this tough to watch and not for the right reasons. Although mental illness has been portrayed in film for what seems like forever, I guess looking at it as Hitchcock does here was kind of new? This helped:prezi.com/xlzwmhggh8pw/mental-health-in-the-1960s-as-depicted-in-film/

I can't write what this movie is about because each time I see it, it tells a different story -- all of which resonate with me deeply. But the tone, which remains consistent, in a German-language film with the graffiti covered wall and East Berlin's bombed--out buildings in some scenes, could not be more gentle, more patient, more kind and loving.