The New York stage production was directed by Harold "Hal" Prince, and starred Jill Haworth as Sally, Bert Convy as Cliff, Lotte Lenya as Fräulein Schneider, and Joel Grey as the Emcee." According to her, she "wasn""t waiting for a bus" but passing time until the bars open at eight o""clock: "I only live three blocks from there.Hannibal remembered how he was rescued by Russian troops.Hannibal returned by train to Lithuania (now a Soviet republic), and at the Soviet border at Medininka, his passport required a visa for entry.BackgroundNow, Voyager(1942) is the quintessential, soap-opera or "woman""s picture" (""weepie"") and one of Bette Davis"" best-acted and remembered films in the 40s, coming shortly after other early Davis classics includingJezebel (1938),Dark Victory (1939),The Old Maid (1939),All This, and Heaven Too (1940), andThe Letter (1940).