Spies (1928)
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- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 88 mins
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Spies
Spies (Spione) was the first independent production of German "thriller" director Fritz Lang. The years-ahead-of-its-time plotline involves Russian espionage activity in London. The mastermind is Haghi (Rudolph Klein-Rogge), a supposedly respectable carnival sideshow entertainer. Heading the good guys is Agent 326 (Willy Fritsch), with the help of defecting Russian spy Sonya (Gerda Maurus). The film moves swiftly to several potential climaxes, each one more exciting than its predecessor. Haghi's ultimate demise is a superbly staged Pirandellian vignette. Anticipating Citizen Kane by a dozen years, director Lang dispenses with all transitional dissolves and fade-outs, flat-cutting territory from one scene to another. The film was co-scripted by Lang and his then-wife Thea Von Harbou. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast of Spies:
Gerda Maurus also in Woman in the Moon
Lien Deyers also in Captain Fracasse
Willy Fritsch also in Woman in the Moon , Wiener Blut
Grete Berger also in Destiny , Der Student von Prag , Metropolis , Dr. Mabuse: The Gambler
Paul Hoerbiger also in The Third Man , Asphalt
Georg John also in M , The Testament of Dr. Mabuse , Destiny , The Spiders , Metropolis
Paul Rehkopf also in M , The Testament of Dr. Mabuse , Destiny
Rosa Valetti also in Herr Tartuff , The Blue Angel , M , Asphalt , Liliom
Spies Trivia
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