The Case of Colonel Redl
The Case of Colonel Redl | |
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Directed by | Karl Anton |
Written by | Alfred Schirokauer Benno Vigny |
Based on | The Case of Colonel Redl by Egon Erwin Kisch |
Produced by | Josef Stein |
Starring | Theodor Loos Lil Dagover Otto Hartmann |
Cinematography | Eduard Hoesch Václav Vích |
Music by | Willy Engel-Berger |
Production companies | Elektafilm Sonor Film |
Distributed by | Süd-Film |
Release date |
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Running time | 82 minutes |
Country | Czechoslovakia |
Language | German |
The Case of Colonel Redl (German: Der Fall des Generalstabs-Oberst Redl) is a 1931 Czechoslovak spy drama film directed by Karl Anton in German language. It stars Theodor Loos, Lil Dagover and Otto Hartmann. It was a co-production between the Prague-based companies Elektafilm and Sonor Film. A separate Czech-language version The Affair of Colonel Redl was also shot at the same time.[1] It was based on a 1924 book of the same title by Egon Erwin Kisch, detailing the story of Alfred Redl.
Synopsis
[edit]In the years leading up to the First World War, Colonel Redl of the Austrian army acts as a double agent for enemy powers.
Cast
[edit]- Theodor Loos as Oberst Alfred Redl
- Lil Dagover as Vera Nikolayevna
- Otto Hartmann as Stephan Dolan, Ulanenleutnant
- Friedrich Hölzlin as Marchenko
- Alexander Murski as Daragaieff, Russian spy
- Werner Jansch as Chief of Russian spy service in Petersburg
- Michael von Newlinsky as Russian ambassador in Vienna
- Willy Bauer as General Conrad von Hoetzendorf
- Magnus Stifter as Colonel Umanizky, Head of the Evidence Office in Vienna
- Hans Götz as The Archduke
- Dr. Weinmann as Prague Corps Commander
- Philipp Veit as Police president in Vienna
- Leo Dudek as First Detective
- Rudolf Stadler as Second Detective
- Truda Grosslichtová as Franzi
- Luigi Bernauer as Cabaret singer in 'Trocadero'
References
[edit]- ^ Von Dassanowsky p.337
Bibliography
[edit]- Von Dassanowsky, Robert. Screening Transcendence: Film Under Austrofascism and the Hollywood Hope, 1933-1938. Indiana University Press, 2018