There are four crucial scenes in this film in which Hitchcock shows a change in perspective and identity through mise-en-scène. Hitchcock's characteristic motifs, style and themes are conveyed through the production. There are three key scenes that best illustrate Hitchcock's technical skill. After Alicia's party and encounter with the police, she is shown lying in bed with a hangover. We see a close-up of a concoction Devlin made Alicia for a hangover. The next shot is a Dutch angle of Devlin, arms crossed and in shadow. Alicia drinks more of the concoction and the camera's point of view is Alicia's. The Dutch angle tilted to the right rotates clockwise to give a shot of Devlin upside down as Alicia is lying upside down on the bed. Coincidentally, after the elaborate camera work, Alicia sits up and asks, “What’s that about?” What is your point of view? Hitchcock's technical skill in this scene is a testament to his authorship. Two other scenes illustrate Hitchcock's technical skill and ability to connect his vision to the film's subject matter. A turning point in the film occurs when Alex realizes that he has married an enemy of the Nazi party. He painfully climbs the stairs, the central facet of a Hitchcock film, to break the news to his mother. Alex, sitting in a chair, utters the line "I'm married to an American agent." Alex's image is an aerial close-up in low-key lighting. This scene denotes a change in Alex's character. He no longer trusts Alicia because she now poses a threat to his facade for the Nazis. In the third scene, the camera shifts to Alicia's point of view when she discovers that her husband and mother-in-law have poisoned her. Alicia jumps out of her chair and... middle of paper ......ousy, just like you've always been jealous of every woman I've ever expressed interest in," Alex complains to his mother. It's Alex's mother who has the idea of ​​poisoning Alicia and it's his mother with whom he argues over the cupboard keys. The parallel between Alicia's dependence on Devlin and Alex's dependence on his mother is striking in the final scene. The scene takes place on the grand staircase of Alex's mansion. Influenced by German expressionism, stairs play an essential role in this and subsequent films. Alicia, supported by Devlin, and Alex, followed by her authoritarian mother, all descend the grand staircase of the mansion under the eyes of the Nazi party. Outside the house, Alicia and Devlin escape to freedom while Alex reluctantly climbs back up the stairs to his fate with the Nazis. Ending the film on the stairs is a testament to Hitchcock's style.