Spy for Germany

Original title: Spion für Deutschland

1956
1h 42m

IMDb RATING

6.2/10

163

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In 1944, Nazi agent Erich Gimpel is summoned by a German general staff that knows it is about to lose the war. This loyal officer is given a last chance mission: to go to the United States t... Read allIn 1944, Nazi agent Erich Gimpel is summoned by a German general staff that knows it is about to lose the war. This loyal officer is given a last chance mission: to go to the United States to spy on the progress of American research on the atomic bomb and try to hinder its comple... Read allIn 1944, Nazi agent Erich Gimpel is summoned by a German general staff that knows it is about to lose the war. This loyal officer is given a last chance mission: to go to the United States to spy on the progress of American research on the atomic bomb and try to hinder its completion. To assist him, he is joined by Billy Cole, an American deserter ready to collaborate... Read all

Director
- Werner Klingler
Writers
- Will Berthold
- Herbert Reinecker
Stars

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IMDb RATING

6.2/10

163

YOUR RATING

Director
- Werner Klingler
Writers
- Will Berthold
- Herbert Reinecker
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

Trivia
Final film of Chiqui Jonas.

Goofs
The title of the movie "Toward the Unknown" is seen on a movie theater marquee. The movie is set during the later years of World War II. The movie, however, was not filmed or released until 1956, when this movie is set.

Connections
References The Unknown (1936)

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Good old spy film with a resourceful German agent after American secrets

How close the film is to reality I cannot say, but it makes a fine story. Largely silent over the horrors of the Nazi régime, it equally avoids moralising over the ethics of nuclear weapons. So what we are left with a good old spy film with a resourceful German agent after American secrets, to be betrayed by an amazingly incompetent American sidekick and redeemed by the love of an American woman who accepts him once he renounces his calling. American economic and military might is portrayed sympathetically, as many West Germans no doubt saw it in 1956.