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Director:

George Seaton

Writers:

Charles Grenzbach (story)
Alexander Klein (novel)
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Release Date:

2 July 1962 (Sweden) more

Genre:

Drama | Thriller more

Plot:

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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Additional Details

Runtime:

140 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Danish | German

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1 more

Sound Mix:

Mono | Mono (Westrex Recording System)

Certification:

Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15

Filming Locations:

Copenhagen, Denmark more


Fun Stuff

Quotes:

Eric Erickson: How does a person get to be so cold-blooded?
Collins: Watching German planes bomb London helps *enormously*!
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17 out of 22 people found the following comment useful.
Damn Good Film, 4 September 2001
10/10
Author: Paul Katz (paulk@hotmail.com) from Seattle, WA

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.

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