Top billed cast

1. 

   Conrad Veidt

   Captain Ernst Hardt

2. 

   Sebastian Shaw

   Ashington

3. 

   Valerie Hobson

   The School Mistress

4. 

   Marius Goring

   Lieutenant Felix Schuster

5. 

   June Duprez

   Anne Burnett

6. 

   Athole Stewart

   The Rev. Hector Matthews

7. 

   Agnes Lauchlan

   Mrs. Matthews

8. 

   Helen Haye

   Mrs. Sedley

9. 

   Cyril Raymond

   The Rev. John Harris

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf

Written by CinemaSerf on 2022-03-28

Valerie Hobson steals the show here in this dark, tense, wartime espionage drama about a German U-boat captain (Conrad Veidt) sent to the Orkney Islands in WWI to gather intelligence on the British Grand Fleet. Released at the start of the Second World War, this first outing for Powell/Pressberger delivers in a much more ominous tone than that of a mere piece of propaganda. There is a depth to the writing and a sinisterness to the story that is gripping for just shy of 90 minutes before culminating in the sort of "gallant" ending that I suspect would not have been considered appropriate five y...read the rest

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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$4,700,000.00

Revenue
$0.00

Keywords

• northern england
• submarine
• world war i
• sea battle
• german spy
• british fleet
• german navy
• triple agent
• torpedoed ship
• orkney
• counter-espionage
• imposter