- Spione
Infobox Film
name = Spione
image_size = 170 px
caption =
director =Fritz Lang
producer =Erich Pommer
writer = Fritz LangThea von Harbou
narrator =
starring =Rudolf Klein-Rogge Gerda Maurus Willy Fritsch
Georg John
music =Werner R. Heymann
cinematography =Fritz Arno Wagner
editing =
distributor =
released =March 22 ,1928
runtime = 178 min. (16 fps)
country = flagicon|GermanyGermany
language =Silent film
German intertitles
budget =
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website =
amg_id = 1:46080
imdb_id = 0019415"Spione" (English title: "Spies" which it has been released in the U.S. under) is a German silent
espionage thriller written and directed byFritz Lang in 1928. Lang's wife,Thea von Harbou , worked as a co-writer. The film was Lang's penultimate silent film, and the first for his own production company; "Fritz Lang-film GmbH".cite web | title=Spione | work=DVD Times | url=http://www.dvdtimes.co.uk/content.php?contentid=56988 | accessdate=2007-01-06] As in Lang's Mabuse films, such as "" and "The Testament of Dr. Mabuse ",Rudolf Klein-Rogge plays a master criminal aiming for world domination. [cite web | author=Jeavons, Clyde | title=Spies (Spione) | work=London Film Festival | url=http://www.lff.org.uk/films_details.php?FilmID=533 | accessdate=2007-01-06]Spione was restored to its original length by the Friedrich-Wilhelm-Murnau-Stiftung during 2003 and 2004. No original negatives exist anymore but a high quality nitrate copy is held at the Národni Filmovy Archiv at
Prague .Plot
With the help of technology, informers and moles, Haghi (
Rudolf Klein-Rogge ) leads a secret life as the head of an international spy ring. Agent No. 326 (Willy Fritsch ) is ordered to uncover the ring, but he falls in love with Haghi'sRussia n spy, Sonya (Gerda Maurus ).References
External links
*imdb title|0019415
* [http://allmovie.com/cg/avg.dll?p=avg&sql=1:46080 "Spione"] atAllmovie
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