This is a wonderful film full of elegance in absolutely everything from the script and the shots to the acting and costume design. The subject is defnitley the greatest element in this story of love and betrayal. Hitchcock showcases illusion slowly becoming a frightening reality to those who have been deceived by it, and that’s what makes this film different from other ones by Hitch, since this time, differently from Spellbound or The 39 Steps, it is the bad guys who are being drawn to danger through the sacrifice of a woman who would be considered immoral by her peers, but is actually nothing less than a heroine sacrificing her time, her life and her chance to be loved.
Cary Grant has a great challenge ahead of him since he is a good guy asking Ingrid Bergman to become Claude Rains’ shadow knowing he loves her, and eventually advising her to marry him while he is having a relationship with her, and all to destroy the remnants of the Nazi empire. Sacrifice is the element that links our heroes in search for the greater good.