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The Spy in Black is a British film of genre Drama directed by Michael Powell released in USA on 7 october 1939 with Conrad Veidt
The Spy in Black (1939)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 7 october 1939
Length 1h22
Directed by Michael Powell
OriginUnited-kingdom
Themes Spy films, Seafaring films, Transport films, Underwater action films, Submarine films, Political films
Rating68%
The Spy in Black is a 1939 British film, and the first collaboration between the British filmmakers Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger. They were brought together by Alexander Korda to make the World War I spy thriller by Joseph Storer Clouston into a film. Powell and Pressburger went on to make over 20 more films together.
The Spy in Black, which was released in the US as U-Boat 29, stars Conrad Veidt, Valerie Hobson, Sebastian Shaw and features Marius Goring.
Synopsis
Captain Hardt (Conrad Veidt), a World War I German U-boat commander, is ordered to lead a mission to attack the British Fleet at Scapa Flow. He sneaks ashore on the Orkney Islands to meet his contact, Frau Tiel (Valerie Hobson). Tiel has taken over the identity of local schoolteacher, Anne Burnett (June Duprez), who had been kidnapped by German agents. Hardt finds himself attracted to her, but Tiel shows no interest. The Germans are aided by a disgraced Royal Navy officer, the former Commander Ashington (Sebastian Shaw) who, according to Tiel, has agreed to aid the Germans after losing his command due to drunkenness, and Tiel implies that she has slept with Ashington to obtain his cooperation.Actors
Conrad Veidt
(Captain Ernst Hardt)
Valerie Hobson
(The School Mistress)
Marius Goring
(Lieutenant Felix Schuster)
Sebastian Shaw
(Ashington)
June Duprez
(Anne Burnett)
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