The read
It runs a compact 1h 22m.
Synopsis
Based on the short story "Der Fall des Generalstabschefs Redl" by Egon Erwin Kisch. Alfred Redl, a colonel on the Austrian General Staff, leads an extravagant private life. No one suspects that in reality he is passing information to Russian spies. Alternate-language version of "Aféra plukovníka Rédla" (1931).
Ratings
TMDB8/10
2 audience votes
Key crew
- Karl AntonDirector
- Willy Engel-BergerOriginal Music Composer
- Alfred SchirokauerWriter
- Benno VignyWriter
Cast
- Theodor LoosOberst Alfred Redl
- Lil DagoverVera Nikolayevna
- Otto HartmannStephan Dolan, Ulanenleutnant
- Truda GrosslichtováFranzi
- Luigi BernauerEin Stimmungssänger im Wiener 'Trocadero'
- Alexander MurskiDaragaieff, russischer Spion
- Michael von NewlinskyDer russische Botschafter in Wien
- Magnus StifterOberst Umanizky
- Werner JanschDer Chef des russischen Spionageddienstes in Petersburg
- Friedrich HölzlinMarchenko
- Willy BauerGeneral Conrad von Hoetzendorf
- Hans GötzEin Erzherzog