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

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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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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• More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.