Underplayed Gems

The Traitor (1936)

The Traitor poster
Original title
Verräter
Directed by
Karl Ritter
Genre
spy film
Country
Germany
Runtime
1h 32m
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 2 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

Foreign agents infiltrate Germany's arms industry with help from local traitors. The Wehrmacht and Gestapo work together to stop them.

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What happens

The Traitor (German: Verräter) is a 1936 German spy thriller film directed by Karl Ritter. and starring Willy Birgel, Lída Baarová and Irene von Meyendorff. It was shot at the Babelsberg Studios in Potsdam and on location around Wünsdorf. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Franz Koehn and Max Mellin. The film revolves around foreign agents who infiltrate the German arms industry, helped by German traitors. However, they are defeated due to the combined efforts of the Wehrmacht and the Gestapo. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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