Spy for Germany (1956)

Original title

Spion für Deutschland

Directed by

Werner Klingler

Genre

spy film

Country

Germany

Runtime

1h 42m

Rating

6.0 of 10 from 8 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A German spy is sent to the United States during World War Two to gather intelligence on the American atomic bomb project. The film follows his mission and the dangers he faces.

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What happens

Spy for Germany (German: Spion für Deutschland) is a 1956 West German thriller film directed by Werner Klingler that stars Martin Held, Nadja Tiller and Walter Giller. Based on a book by Will Berthold, the film depicts the mission of a German spy Erich Gimpel during the Second World War to discover how far the American nuclear programme had progressed. It was shot at the Tempelhof Studios in West Berlin and on location in Boston and New York in America. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Hans Kuhnert and Paul Markwitz. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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