The Spy (1917)
| Movie | |
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| Original title | The spy |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1917 |
| length | about 90 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Heinz Karl Heiland |
| script | Heinz Karl Heiland |
| production | Frankfurt film company |
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The Spy is a German silent film factory spy drama from 1917 with Ellen Richter in the female lead, Ferdinand Bonn in the title role and Conrad Veidt in one of his first film roles.
action
The story takes place during the First World War . A spy on behalf of a foreign power (presumably Italy ) sneaks into a large German to Krupp one ajar factory plant in order for the enemy documents from the construction of German guns to steal and sabotage to commit. Soon he is tracked down and the villain is pursued, on land and in the air. There are some remarkable aerial photographs for the time. In the end, the spy can be prevented from escaping abroad; he is killed in a plane crash.
Production notes
The Spy , also shown under the alternative title Into the Clouds pursued , was made in his outdoor shots in Cologne , Elberfeld and in the workshops of the Rheinische Maschinenfabrik in Düsseldorf . The five-act act with a length of 1838 or 1903 meters, depending on the cut, was shown for the first time in Cologne on August 31, 1917, and the film was not censored until the following month. The Berlin premiere took place in May 1918 in the marble house .
Bruno Lopinski , who embodies the plant director here, also assisted Heinz Karl Heiland with the direction.
reception
The cinematographer wrote that this drama about a cannon-producing factory was a clever combination of dramatic, sensational and propaganda moments and also emphasized that all these elements were skillfully combined into a portrait of a man to show the success of a man who seeks to achieve his goals with skill, care and ingenuity. Finally, the acting achievements - especially those of the spy actor Ferdinand Bonn, but also Conrad Veidt, whose portrayal was described as "excellent" - were praised and emphasized that this film deserved the greatest possible dissemination.
Individual evidence
- ^ The Kinematograph (Düsseldorf) No. 596 of June 5, 1918
Web links
- The Spy in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- The spy at The German Early Cinema Database
- The spy at filmportal.de