Some films you can tell from the start are going to be very aggravating, and with lots of hard to understand voices all screaming at each other at the same time so nobody can hear anybody, it gets truly maddening after a while. Perhaps that's why they use the name "Esperanto" as the port as it basically means phony language. All of a sudden in an early scene, there are three groups of people singing their anthems at each other in their own language, and fortunately it doesn't go on to the conclusion like it would in "Casablanca". The poor innkeeper is overwhelmed by this but nothing can stop these rowdy groups from continuing to bray.
And of course, you've got the loud obnoxious British battle-axe calling for the manager in every scene that she walks into, selfishly pushing her way through the crowd even though she's the most likely the last person to have gotten there. The film focuses on U-boat captain Will Fyffe who vows revenge on the Germans for torpedoing his boat, his Scottish accent requiring too much attention to try to interpret. Leslie Banks, Yvonne Arnaud and Phyllis Calvert co-star as others directed to be bellowing their lines. I'm sure deep somewhere within the film is a good story, but it's the type that requires aspirin instead of popcorn in what ended up on screen.
And of course, you've got the loud obnoxious British battle-axe calling for the manager in every scene that she walks into, selfishly pushing her way through the crowd even though she's the most likely the last person to have gotten there. The film focuses on U-boat captain Will Fyffe who vows revenge on the Germans for torpedoing his boat, his Scottish accent requiring too much attention to try to interpret. Leslie Banks, Yvonne Arnaud and Phyllis Calvert co-star as others directed to be bellowing their lines. I'm sure deep somewhere within the film is a good story, but it's the type that requires aspirin instead of popcorn in what ended up on screen.