Drama ·War · United Kingdom · 1933 · 1h 29m

I Was a Spy

Director

Cast

Herbert Marshall as Stephan Conrad Veidt as Commandant Oberaertz Madeleine Carroll as Martha Cnockhaert Edmund Gwenn as Burgomaster Gerald du Maurier as Doctor Donald Calthrop as Cnockhaert

Crew

Charles Van Enger — Director of Photography W.P. Lipscomb — Writer Ian Hay — Writer Michael Balcon — Producer Gordon Conway — Costume Design

Tagline

TO ANSWER THE LURE OF HER LIPS WAS FATAL!

Synopsis

During World War I, a young nurse in a hospital in German-occupied Belgium is secretly feeding military information to the British. Complicating matters is the guilt she feels when she has to treat the German casualties inflicted as a result of the information she's passed on, and the fact that the local German commandant is falling in love with her.

Mood & Themes

Key Collaborators

Victor Saville Director Charles Van Enger Director of Photography W.P. Lipscomb Writer Ian Hay Writer Michael Balcon Producer Gordon Conway Costume Design

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