Spies
Sign in to saveSpione (; 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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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.
Released: 1928-03-22145 minDir: Fritz LangThriller, Romance
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"
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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
Key dates
- Published
- 10 March 1929
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- 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
Article
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.