Espionage (German: Spionage) is a 1955 Austrian historical spy drama film directed by Franz Antel and starring Ewald Balser, Barbara Rütting and Gerhard Riedmann.[1] It was shot at the Sievering Studios and on location in Vienna. The film's sets were designed by the art director Felix Smetana. It was based on the real story of Alfred Redl, an officer serving with Austrian Military Intelligence who was also secretly spying for the hostile Russian Empire before the First World War.

Espionage
Directed byFranz Antel
Written byAlexander Lernet-Holenia
Kurt Nachmann
Produced byFranz Hoffmann
Erich von Neusser
StarringEwald Balser
Barbara Rütting
Gerhard Riedmann
CinematographyHanns Matula
Hans Heinz Theyer
Edited byArnfried Heyne
Music byWilly Schmidt-Gentner
Production
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Hope Film
Neusser-Film
Distributed bySascha Film
UFA (W. Germany)
Release date
  • 18 April 1955 (1955-04-18)
Running time
100 minutes
CountryAustria
LanguageGerman

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References

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  1. ^ Fritsche p.256

Bibliography

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  • Fritsche, Maria. Homemade Men in Postwar Austrian Cinema: Nationhood, Genre and Masculinity. Berghahn Books, 2013.
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