Attention! Enemy hears with!
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | Attention! Enemy hears with! |
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| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1940 |
| length | 102 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 18; abridged version from 12 years |
| Rod | |
| Director | Arthur Maria Rabenalt |
| script |
Kurt Heuser based on an idea by Georg C. Klaren |
| music | Franz Grothe |
| camera |
Willy Winterstein Gustav Weiß |
| cut | Alice Ludwig-Rasch |
| occupation | |
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Attention! Enemy hears with! is a Nazi propaganda film directed by Arthur Maria Rabenalt in 1940.
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The year is 1938. The interest of foreign spies in the developments of German armaments factories is growing. The Kettwig works, whose chief engineer Dr. Hellmers invented a new type of alloy for making wires for balloon barriers. Hellmers and his boss, old Kettwig, no longer trust anyone completely, not even junior boss Bernd Kettwig and Hellmers assistant Inge Neuhaus, who also know the secret of wire.
The factory management's fears seem to be coming true. While Inge makes the acquaintance of an exciting admirer, the adventurer Karl Faerber, and walks with him through the streets of the city, Bernd succumbs to the charm of the seductive Lilly, a friend of Faerber and owner of a fashion salon. Neither of the two suspects that Faerber is actually a top British agent and that Lilly is his agent complicit. At the same time, the enemy forces also approach other workers. Nolte, the canteen waiter at Kettwig-Werke, can be blackmailed because of loan debts, as is the gambling-addicted draftsman Grelling.
After a while, watchful workers recognize Nolte as a foreign agent as a result of his suspicious behavior. He was initially able to flee, but was later extradited to Germany by the French police. Grelling manages to secretly photograph important documents, but comes under suspicion when the work is thoroughly combed through because of the agent alarm caused by Nolte. Grelling tries to slip the camera under Inge, but gives himself away when the news of Nolte's extradition tells him. Inge has seen through her supposed friend, turns away from Faerber and reports him. At the same time, Bernd realizes that Lilly is also an agent and hands her over to the authorities.
Faerber initially succeeds in avoiding arrest and takes off with Bernd's sports plane. But in the meantime a balloon barrier has been activated and a squadron of interceptors has been launched. Faerber's machine gets stuck in the balloon barrier and crashes, killing him. The film ends with the announcement of the execution of Grelling and Nolte as well as the warning to always remain vigilant against foreign espionage attempts.
Production and reception
The film was produced and distributed by Berlin-based Terra-Filmkunst GmbH . The German premiere took place on September 3, 1940.
In the film, the pilot at the time, Beate Uhse , flew as a double for René Deltgen with a Bücker Bü 180 student .
After the end of the Second World War , the performance was banned by the high command of the Allied victorious powers . Today the evaluation rights are held by the Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau Foundation .
Awards
The film testing agency awarded the film the title politically valuable .
See also
- List of German feature films premiered in the German Reich during the Nazi era
- List of German films banned under Allied military censorship
Web links
- Attention! Enemy hears with! in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Attention! Enemy hears with! at filmportal.de
- Attention! Enemy hears with! at murnau-stiftung.de
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- Illustrated Film-Kurier - No. 3134, program for Achtung! Enemy hears with! , ed. from the United Publishing Companies Franke & Co., Berlin