1h 57min || 27 November 1942
Director: Leo McCarey
Stars: Ginger Rogers, Cary Grant, Walter Slezak, Albert Dekker
Genres: Adventure | Comedy | Drama | Mystery | Romance | War
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0035151/
Fun and informative, if you don't mind your facts vague.
The synopsis is misleading. The Nazis are "following" her husband the baron in the sense that each country he visits is overtaken. He seems to be the negotiator who paves the path with the head of state in Austria and in Norway (he's shown meeting with Quisling), and Poland is shown bombed to bits while they're there.
This is another terrific propaganda film, showing that Germany took over Austria, Czechoslovakia, Poland, Denmark, Norway, Holland, Belgium and France (I didn't see Luxembourg). They personalized it by having a Jewish hotel maid with 2 children in Poland impress the baroness (GR) sufficiently that she helps them escape. At one point CG & GR are caught with only a Jewish passport, and are taken to a holding camp (made to look very unpleasant).
There's more to the plot that I hope to forget so I can enjoy this again. Amazingly, this does retain a comedic touch, while being serious when needed. The stars are superb in their straddling of that dramedy seesaw, and it's delightful to look at them.
RKO, dir. McCarey; 7+
