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The Counterfeit Traitor (1962)
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Charles Grenzbach (story)
Alexander Klein (novel)
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Release Date:
2 July 1962 (Sweden) more
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Blacklisted in modern day WW2, a Swedish oil trader opts to assist British Allies, by means of infiltrating and surveying Nazi Germany. full summary | add synopsis
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Damn Good Film more (31 total)
Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | William Holden | ... | Eric Erickson |
 | Lilli Palmer | ... | Frau Marianne Möllendorf |
| Hugh Griffith | ... | Collins |
| Carl Raddatz | ... | Otto Holtz |
| Ernst Schröder | ... | Baron Gerhard von Oldenburg |
| Charles Régnier | ... | Wilhelm Kortner |
| Ingrid van Bergen | ... | Hulda Windler |
| Helo Gutschwager | ... | Hans Holtz |
| Wolfgang Preiss | ... | Colonel Nordoff |
| Werner Peters | ... | Bruno Ulrich |
| Erica Beer | ... | Klara Holtz |
 | Stefan Schnabel | ... | Gestapo agent at funeral |
| Klaus Kinski | ... | Kindler |
| Jochen Blume | ... | Dr. Jacob Karp |
| Erik Schumann | ... | Nazi Gunboat Officer |
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140 min
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Color (Technicolor)
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Eric Erickson:
How does a person get to be so cold-blooded?
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Watching German planes bomb London helps *enormously*!
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I started watching this movie because I like European locations and, in general, movies that were made in the early 1960s.
After about 15 minutes into the movie, I was hooked. By the end of the movie, I decided this was one of the best WWII films I've ever seen.
American Movie Classics played a brief comment at the conclusion mentioning that Lilli Palmer had escaped Germany just prior to Hitler's rule and that the real Eric Erickson was present during the filming. Apparently, Ms. Palmer's final scene in the movie was shot at the same location that the incident actually occurred. The story goes that she was so emotional before shooting that scene, she was shaking. After that scene was completed, she received a standing ovation from the film crew.
The realism shows through in more than just that one scene. I highly recommend this movie.