The Spy (1917 German film)


The Spy is a 1917 German silent war espionage film directed by Karl Heiland and starring Ferdinand Bonn, Ellen Richter and Conrad Veidt. It was made as a propaganda film to support the German war effort during the First World War. It is now considered a lost film.
It was shot around Cologne and Düsseldorf.

Synopsis

An Italian spy enters the German Empire in an attempt to commit sabotage and steal secret documents from a large armaments factory.

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