The read
It runs a compact 1h 17m.
Synopsis
Droste, a mild-mannered businessman, was an intelligence expert during World War II. When Droste runs into his old friend Baron Von Straub, the two rekindle a friendship that was interrupted by the war. However, when Von Straub asks Droste to deliver a small package to a friend in West Germany, the befuddled Droste is set up for a series of complicated spy games.
Ratings
IMDb6.3/10
5 audience votes
Key crew
- John Paddy CarstairsDirector
- Robert WesterbyScreenplay
- Philip GreenOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Peter van EyckGeorg Droste
- Marianne KochNora Gulden
- Macdonald CareyMr. Smith
- Christopher LeeBaron Ferdi von Staub
- Billie WhitelawPiroska Maslov
- Albert LievenInspector Huebling
- David KnightFather Zombary
- Marius GoringGeneral Greenhahn
- Helen CherryCountess Carla Cosimano
- Colin GordonCount Dezsepalvy
- Niall MacGinnisPaul Vass
- Eric PohlmannBloch