Figure 1.--Thomas is still covered in dust from having escaped down a chimney, only to be caught by the evil professor. |
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The film is suspensful. Thomas is a brilliant chess champion with a phenomenal memory. His Swedish mother, Maria Von Gall, is operating a rescue route for Jews trying to escape NAZI Europe and the Holocaust. Her operation is funded by a Swiss bank account. The ruthless professor Grevor Laemelle is helping to track her down. As the NAZIs come closer, she trains Thomas in survival tactics and entrusts him with the secret bank codes. Laemelle succeedds in kidnapping Thomas and offers a exchange. It doesn't work and Thomas sees his mother killed. Thomas is saved by his American father, who was separated and who Thomas does not know. His father protected by American neutrality plans to take Thomas to Spain and saftey. Thomas has been entrusted with a critical secret and is determined to carry out his dangerous mission. These lines set the story and Thomas's resolution. Thomas: "I have to put the secret in a safe place." David Quatermain: "Is it that important? Thomas: It's more important than my grandfather's life. It's more important than my mother's. And it's certainly more important than mine." Laemelle will do anything to gain possession of the codes.
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