The read
It runs a compact 1h 12m.
Synopsis
In London, August 1914, Austrian star Elsa Duranyi (Gertrude Michael) and English matinee idol Alan Barclay (Herbert Marshall) are in love and plan an immediate marriage. But the War comes and Elsa mysteriously disappears. Alan's ease in speaking German results in his appointment to the British Intelligence and, to aid his use as a spy, they announce he was killed in action. He takes the name and personality of "shell-shocked" Hans Teller, a German prisoner, and is sent into Germany on an exchange of prisoners.
Ratings
IMDb6.7/10
5 audience votes
Key crew
- Robert FloreyDirector
- Brian MarlowScreenplay
- Edwin Justus MayerScreenplay
- Franklin CoenScreenplay
- Friedrich HollaenderOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Herbert MarshallAlan Barclay
- Gertrude MichaelElsa Duranyi
- Lionel AtwillLudwig
- Rod La RocqueCarl Schrottle
- Guy Bates PostCaptain Bruce Minton
- Frank ReicherColonel Von Diegel
- Vallejo GantnerVogel
- Torben MeyerKraus
- Julia FayeNurse
- Egon BrecherSchultz
- Spencer ChartersHerr Hoffer