The Spy (1917)

Original title

Der Spion

Directed by

Heinz Karl Heiland

Genre

silent film, adventure film, war film

Country

German Empire

Runtime

1h 30m

Rating

7.5 of 10 from 2 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

The film follows a spy operating for Germany during World War One. It is a propaganda piece made to support the German war effort. The movie is now considered lost.

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What happens

The Spy (German: Der Spion) is a 1917 German silent war espionage film directed by Karl Heiland and starring Ferdinand Bonn, Ellen Richter and Conrad Veidt. It was made as a propaganda film to support the German war effort during the First World War. It is now considered a lost film. It was shot around Cologne and Düsseldorf. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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