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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 by	Franz Antel
Written by	Alexander Lernet-Holenia Kurt Nachmann
Produced by	Franz Hoffmann Erich von Neusser
Starring	Ewald Balser Barbara Rütting Gerhard Riedmann
Cinematography	Hanns Matula Hans Heinz Theyer
Edited by	Arnfried Heyne
Music by	Willy Schmidt-Gentner
Production companies	Hope Film Neusser-Film
Distributed by	Sascha Film UFA (W. Germany)
Release date	18 April 1955
Running time	100 minutes
Country	Austria
Language	German

Cast

• Ewald Balser as Oberst Redl
• Barbara Rütting as Nadeschda
• Gerhard Riedmann as Hauptmann Angelis
• Oskar Werner as Leutnant Zeno von Baumgarten
• Marte Harell as Gräfin Lichtenfels
• Hannelore Bollmann as Pauline von Heymeneck
• Rudolf Forster as Chef des Generalstabes, von Heymeneck
• Attila Hörbiger as Dr. Hartmuth
• Erik Frey as Oberst Rabansky
• Heinz Moog as Baron Letten
• Karl Ehmann as Leopold, Diener bei Lichtenfels
• Hermann Erhardt as Steidl
• C.W. Fernbach as Rittmeister Weidler
• Harry Hardt as General Maximoff
• Kurt Jaggberg as Sabrenin
• Alexander Trojan as Baron Korff
• Ernst Waldbrunn as Ebinger
• Grete Sellier as Gast

References

Bibliography

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

External links

• Espionage at IMDb

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