Street of Shadows (1937)

Original title

Mademoiselle Docteur

Directed by

Georg Wilhelm Pabst

Genre

drama film

Country

France

Runtime

1h 56m

Rating

6.9 of 10 from 7 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A female spy operates in Salonika during World War I. She follows a dangerous mission to steal secret documents from the enemy.

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What happens

Street of Shadows (French: Mademoiselle Docteur or Salonique, nid d'espions) is a 1937 French spy film directed by G. W. Pabst. An English-language version with exactly the same plot was filmed at the same time under the direction of Edmond T. Gréville, but with some changes in the cast. Dita Parlo remained as Mademoiselle Docteur, but Erich von Stroheim took over the part of the German spy chief. The English-language version was released in the United States under the title Under Secret Orders. It was shot at the Joinville Studios in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Robert Hubert and Serge Piménoff. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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