Spies at Work (1933)

Original title

Spione am Werk

Directed by

Gerhard Lamprecht

Genre

spy film

Country

German Reich

Runtime

1h 23m

Rating

10.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

A spy film set during World War One. It follows agents working in the conflict between Austria and Italy.

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What happens

Spies at Work (German: Spione am Werk) is a 1933 German thriller film directed by Gerhard Lamprecht and starring Karl Ludwig Diehl, Brigitte Helm, and Eduard von Winterstein. A spy film, it is set during the First World War conflict between Austria and Italy. The film's sets were designed by the art director Karl Weber and Erich Zander. The film was shot at the Babelsberg Studios in Berlin. A British version On Secret Service was also made. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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