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Spione (; English title: Spies, under which title it was released in the United States) is a 1928 German silent espionage thriller directed by Fritz Lang and co-written with his wife, Thea von Harbou, who also wrote a novel of the same name, published a year later. The film was Lang's penultimate silent film and the first for his own production company, Fritz Lang-Film GmbH. As in Lang's Mabuse films, Dr. Mabuse: The Gambler (1922) and The Testament of Dr. Mabuse (1933), Rudolf Klein-Rogge plays a master criminal aiming for world domination.
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Spione is a 1928 German silent drama film directed by Fritz Lang and produced by Erich Pommer. The screenplay was written by Thea von Harbou and Lang. The cast includes Rudolf Klein-Rogge, Gerda Maurus, Willy Fritsch, and Georg John. The film was distributed by UFA and Netflix. Its main subject is espionage.
The movie was released on March 22, 1928, and March 10, 1929. It was filmed in black-and-white with a 4:3 aspect ratio. The production design was handled by Otto Hunte, and the music was composed by Werner R. Heymann. The runtime is listed as 145 minutes or 150 minutes. It is available on video on demand through Philo.
Ratings for the film include a 7.341 average on TMDb and a 7.5 rating on IMDb. The film is categorized as a spy film, thriller, and romance. Keywords associated with the work include chase and criminal mastermind. The original language is German, and it originated in the Weimar Republic.
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Film · TMDB
7.3The mastermind behind a ubiquitous spy operation learns of a dangerous romance between a Russian lady in his employ and a dashing agent from the government's secret service.
Cast
- Rudolf Klein-Rogge as Haghi
- Gerda Maurus as Sonya Baranilkowa
- Lien Deyers as Kitty
- Louis Ralph as Hans Morrier
- Willy Fritsch as No. 326
- Paul Hörbiger as Diener von "No. 326"
Themes
- chase
- criminal mastermind
- silent film
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Key facts
- Film.name
- Spione
- Film.image
- Spies (1928) poster.jpg
- Film.image_upright
- 0.65
- Film.director
- Fritz Lang
- Film.producer
- Erich Pommer
- Film.writer
- Thea von HarbouFritz Lang
- Film.starring
- Rudolf Klein-RoggeGerda MaurusWilly Fritsch Georg John Lien Deyers
- Film.music
- Werner R. Heymann
- Film.cinematography
- Fritz Arno Wagner
- Film.distributor
- UFA
- Film.runtime
- Original: 178 min. (16 frame/s)Restoration (2003–2004) & DVD: 143 min.
- Film.country
- Weimar Republic
- Film.language
- Silent filmGerman intertitles
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- silent film
- Genre
- spy film
- Country of origin
- Weimar Republic
- Original language
- German
- Main subject
- espionage
- Director
- Fritz Lang
- Screenwriter
- Fritz Lang
- Cast member
- Hans Heinrich von Twardowski
- Composer
- Werner R. Heymann
- Producer
- Erich Pommer
- Cinematographer
- Fritz Arno Wagner
- Duration
- 145
- FilmAffinity ID
- 647207
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Image
- Spies 1928.jpg
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- publication date
- 1929-03-10
- title
- Spione
- distributed by
- Netflix
- production designer
- Otto Hunte
- color
- black-and-white
- aspect ratio (W:H)
- 4:3
- Commons category
- Spione
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Encyclopedic overview
7 sectionsContents
- Plot
- Cast
- Production
- Reception
- Restoration
- References
- External links
Spione (; English title: Spies, under which title it was released in the United States) is a 1928 German silent espionage thriller directed by Fritz Lang and co-written with his wife, Thea von Harbou, who also wrote a novel of the same name, published a year later. The film was Lang's penultimate silent film and the first for his own production company, Fritz Lang-Film GmbH. As in Lang's Mabuse films, Dr. Mabuse: The Gambler (1922) and The Testament of Dr. Mabuse (1933), Rudolf Klein-Rogge plays a master criminal aiming for world domination.
Spione was restored to something short of its original length by the Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau Foundation during 2003 and 2004. No original negatives survive but a high quality nitrate copy is held at the National Film Archive in Prague.
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