The Traitor (1936)
- 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
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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