In the Employ of the Secret Service
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| In the Employ of the Secret Service | |
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| German | Im Geheimdienst |
| Directed by | Gustav Ucicky |
| Written by | Walter Reisch |
| Produced by | |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Carl Hoffmann |
| Music by | Werner Schmidt-Boelcke |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | UFA |
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Running time | 106 minutes |
| Country | Germany |
| Language | German |
In the Employ of the Secret Service (German: Im Geheimdienst) is a 1931 German drama film directed by Gustav Ucicky and starring Brigitte Helm, Willy Fritsch, and Oskar Homolka.[1] It concerns espionage between Germany and Russia during the First World War. It was made at the Babelsberg Studios in Berlin with sets designed by the art directors Robert Herlth and Walter Röhrig. Location shooting took place in Denmark.
Cast
[edit]- Brigitte Helm as Vera Lanskaja
- Willy Fritsch as Thomas Higgins
- Oskar Homolka as Lanskoi
- Theodor Loos as Dubbin
- Karl Ludwig Diehl as Wasiljeff
- Harry Hardt as Kaulwitz
- Ferdinand Hart as Tomilin
- Tamara Desni as Natascha
- Eduard von Winterstein as Chefen for spionagen
- Friedrich Kayßler as Von Bethmann-Hollweg
- Alfred Beierle as Sokaluk
- Aenne Goerling
- Margarete Schön as Hans hustru
- Ferdinand Bonn as Dr. Kaempff
- Paul Mederow
- Alexander Murski as Ewreinoff
- Georg H. Schnell as Nikolajewski
- Walter Steinbeck
References
[edit]- ^ Hake, Sabine (2009). Bock, Hans-Michael; Bergfelder, Tim (eds.). The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopaedia of German Cinema. New York: Berghahn Books. p. 536. doi:10.2307/j.ctt1x76dm6. ISBN 978-1571816559. JSTOR j.ctt1x76dm6.
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- 1931 films
- 1930s spy drama films
- 1931 drama films
- German spy drama films
- Films of the Weimar Republic
- Films directed by Gustav Ucicky
- World War I spy films
- Films set in Russia
- UFA GmbH films
- German black-and-white films
- 1930s German films
- Films shot at Babelsberg Studios
- 1930s German-language films
- 1930s German film stubs