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Colonel Redl (1925)

Colonel Redl poster
Original title
Oberst Redl
Directed by
Hans Otto Löwenstein
Genre
silent film
Country
Austria
Runtime
1h 32m
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This silent film tells the story of Alfred Redl, an Austrian army officer. His career ends after he is revealed to be a spy for a foreign power.

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What happens

Colonel Redl (German: Oberst Redl) is a 1925 Austrian silent drama film directed by Hans Otto and starring Robert Valberg, Eugen Neufeld and Harry Norbert. It portrays the career of the Austrian Army Officer Alfred Redl, exposed as a foreign agent shortly before the First World War. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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