I Was a Spy (1933)

Directed by

Victor Saville

Genre

drama film, thriller film, spy film

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

1h 29m

Rated

NR

Rating

6.4 of 10 from 5 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A Belgian woman works as a nurse for German soldiers during World War I while secretly gathering information for the British. She risks her life passing messages and facing suspicion from those around her.

tensesuspensefulsomberatmosphericslow-burngroundedgrimwartime

What happens

I Was a Spy is a 1933 British thriller film directed by Victor Saville and produced by Michael Balcon. It stars Madeleine Carroll as Marthe Cnockaert, Herbert Marshall, and Conrad Veidt. Based on the 1932 memoir I Was a Spy by Marthe Cnockaert, the film is about her experiences as a Belgian woman who nursed German soldiers during World War I while passing intelligence to the British. The film was produced by Gaumont British Picture Corporation with Woolf & Freedman Film Service and Fox Film Corporation distributing in the United Kingdom and the United States respectively. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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