In the Employ of the Secret Service
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.
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| Directed by | Gustav Ucicky |
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| Written by | Walter Reisch |
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| Music by | Werner Schmidt-Boelcke |
| Cinematography | Carl Hoffmann |
Production company | UFA |
| Distributed by | UFA |
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Running time | 106 minutes |
| Country | Germany |
| Language | German |
The film's sets were designed by the art directors Robert Herlth and Walter Röhrig. Location shooting took place in Denmark.
Cast
- Brigitte Helm as Vera Lanskaja
- Willy Fritsch as Thomas Higgins
- Oskar Homolka as Lanskoi, generalmajor
- Theodor Loos as Dubbin, hemmelig agent
- Karl Ludwig Diehl as Wasiljeff, kaptajn
- Harry Hardt as Kaulwitz, generalstabsofficer
- Ferdinand Hart as Tomilin
- Tamara Desni as Natascha, hans datter
- Eduard von Winterstein as Chefen for spionagen
- Friedrich Kayßler as Von Bethmann-Hollweg, rigskansler
- Alfred Beierle as Sokaluk, ur- og instrumentmager
- Aenne Goerling
- Margarete Schön as Hans hustru
- Ferdinand Bonn as Dr. Kaempff, præsident for den tyske rigsdag
- Paul Mederow
- Alexander Murski as Ewreinoff, oberst
- Georg H. Schnell as Nikolajewski, generel
- Walter Steinbeck
References
- Bock & Bergfelder p. 536
Bibliography
- Bock, Hans-Michael; Bergfelder, Tim, eds. (2009). The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopaedia of German Cinema. New York: Berghahn Books. ISBN 978-1-57181-655-9.
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