The Spy in Black (1939)
Country: GB
Technical: bw 82m
Director: Michael Powell
Cast: Conrad Veidt, Valerie Hobson, Hay Petrie, Marius Goring, June Duprez
Synopsis:
During World War One, a German submarine captain is sent to Scotland to reconnoitre the British fleet preparatory to a pre-emptive strike. His contact is an English schoolmistress.
Review:
Tortuous and with various shifts of tone, this thriller takes on a whole new meaning when we are called upon to root for the trapped German spy, even if he is Conrad Veidt! But that was typical of the European sympathies of the Archers; regardless of borders, it was character that counted.
Country: GB
Technical: bw 82m
Director: Michael Powell
Cast: Conrad Veidt, Valerie Hobson, Hay Petrie, Marius Goring, June Duprez
Synopsis:
During World War One, a German submarine captain is sent to Scotland to reconnoitre the British fleet preparatory to a pre-emptive strike. His contact is an English schoolmistress.
Review:
Tortuous and with various shifts of tone, this thriller takes on a whole new meaning when we are called upon to root for the trapped German spy, even if he is Conrad Veidt! But that was typical of the European sympathies of the Archers; regardless of borders, it was character that counted.
Country: GB
Technical: bw 82m
Director: Michael Powell
Cast: Conrad Veidt, Valerie Hobson, Hay Petrie, Marius Goring, June Duprez
Synopsis:
During World War One, a German submarine captain is sent to Scotland to reconnoitre the British fleet preparatory to a pre-emptive strike. His contact is an English schoolmistress.
Review:
Tortuous and with various shifts of tone, this thriller takes on a whole new meaning when we are called upon to root for the trapped German spy, even if he is Conrad Veidt! But that was typical of the European sympathies of the Archers; regardless of borders, it was character that counted.