Treason on command
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Treason on command |
| Original title | The Counterfeit Traitor |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1960 |
| length | 138 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| Rod | |
| Director | George Seaton |
| script | George Seaton |
| production | William Perlberg |
| music | Alfred Newman |
| camera | Jean Bourgoin |
| cut |
Alma Macrorie , Hans Ebel |
| occupation | |
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Treason on Orders (Original Title: The Counterfeit Traitor ) is an American war film directed by George Seaton in 1960. The script is based on the novel of the same name by Alexander Klein. The film premiered in Germany on October 19, 1962.
action
The American Eric Erickson lives in Sweden in 1942 and has taken citizenship there. The merchant is blacklisted by the Allies because he sold oil to the Germans. Collins, a British secret service officer, visits him and explains to him that if he gave the Allies information about his trips to Germany, his name would be cleared after the war. Erickson realizes that he has no other option and accepts.
Erickson pretends to be a friend of National Socialism among the German authorities . Although he is increasing in the respect of the Germans, his wife Ingrid leaves him, his friends and previous business partners despise him. On a trip to Berlin, he met Marianne Mollendorf. She becomes his partner and lover. The Germans want to build an oil refinery in neutral Sweden in order to be supplied with oil from there. Erickson determines the exact location of the planned construction and transmits the data to Collins. Now Erickson falls under suspicion of espionage among the Germans. The Gestapo also determines that Marianne is spying for the Allies. She is put in a prison in Berlin-Moabit , in which Erickson is also imprisoned. He has to watch the execution of Marianne from his cell window. His shock at the realization that Marianne was a spy leads the Germans to believe in his innocence.
Shortly after his release, Erickson is incriminated by a 12-year-old Hitler Youth , the son of a business friend. With the help of a German underground movement, he was able to flee to Denmark . From there he is brought to Sweden in a fishing boat. He is met by Collins and Max Gumpel, his only remaining friend who never believed in Erickson's collaboration .
Reviews
"Although based on facts, especially in the second part, more turbulent adventure than the fate of time."
"Exciting and touching: espionage drama with an authentic background!"
background
The film was shot in Copenhagen , Berlin and Hamburg .
Other supporting roles include: Erik Schumann as officer of a gunboat, Peter Capell as Unger, Holger Hagen as Carl Bradley and Reinhard Kolldehoff as Colonel Erdmann. The appearances of Karl-Heinz Kreienbaum as Gestapo officer, Friedrich Schütter and Gottfried Kramer as customs officers and Ulrich Matschoss as a suspect with glasses remained unnamed in the credits . For Gottfried Kramer it was the film debut, for Ulrich Matschoss the first role in a movie.
For the film equipment were u. a. the Oscar award winner Hal Pereira and Sam Comer responsible. Edith Head designed the costumes for the film .
Web links
- The Counterfeit Traitor in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Treason on command. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed January 11, 2017 .
- ↑ tvdirekt.eu ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
