Confessions of a Nazi Spy (1939)
Confessions of a Nazi Spy (1939)
Plot.
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Cast & Crew.
Edward G. Robinson
Edward 'Ed' Renard
Francis Lederer
Kurt Schneider
George Sanders
Franz Schlager
Paul Lukas
Dr. Kassell
Henry O'Neill
Attorney Kellogg
Dorothy Tree
Hilda Kleinhauer
Lya Lys
Erika Wolf
Grace Stafford
Mrs. Schneider
James Stephenson
British Military Intelligence Agent
Hedwiga Reicher
Mrs. Kassell
Joe Sawyer
Werner Renz
Hodwiga Reicher
Mrs. Liza Kassell
Sig Ruman
Krogman
Lionel Royce
Hintze
Henry Victor
Wildebrandt
Hans Heinrich von Twardowski
Helldorf
Wolfgang Zilzer
Westphal
Frederick Vogeding
Captain Richter
Willy Kaufman
Greutzwald
Rudolph Anders
Captain Straubel
Wilhelm von Brincken
Captain von Eichen
George Rosener
Klauber
Frederick Burton
U.S. District Court Judge
Eily Malyon
Mrs. McLaughlin
Bodil Rosing
Passenger on Boat
John Deering
Narration by
Louis Adlon
Nazi American Youth Leader (uncredited)
Fred Aldrich
Nazi at Bund Meeting (uncredited)
Sherwood Bailey
Newsboy at End (uncredited)
Ward Bond
American Legionnaire (uncredited)
Walter Bonn
Naval Officer Seeing Renard at Seaplane (uncredited)
Egon Brecher
Fritz Muller - German Agent (uncredited)
Tommy Bupp
Shoeshine Boy (uncredited)
Glen Cavender
Man in Montage Stuffing Mailboxes (uncredited)
John Conte
Radio Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
Alec Craig
McGregor - Scottish Postman (uncredited)
Jimmie Dundee
Nazi Goon at Bund Meeting (uncredited)
Jack Egger
(uncredited)
Frederick Giermann
German-American at Bund Meeting (uncredited)
Lisa Golm
Mrs. Anna Westphal (uncredited)
Sol Gorss
Nazi Goon at Bund Meeting (uncredited)
William Gould
FBI Agent (uncredited)
Fred Graham
American Legionnaire at Bund Meeting (uncredited)
Creighton Hale
Draftsman (uncredited)
John Hamilton
FBI Chief (uncredited)
John Harron
Man in Montage with Propaganda (uncredited)
Eddie Hart
Nazi Agent (uncredited)
Adolf Hitler
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Max Hoffman Jr.
Soldier at Renz's Arrest (uncredited)
Stuart Holmes
Draftsman (uncredited)
Arthur Stuart Hull
U.S. Government Agent (uncredited)
Selmer Jackson
Customs Official (uncredited)
Edward Keane
FBI Agent (uncredited)
Robert Emmett Keane
Harrison - Passport Official (uncredited)
Milton Kibbee
Man Greeting Waiter Bill (archive footage) (uncredited)
Martin Kosleck
Joseph Goebbels (uncredited)
Frank Mayo
FBI Agent Phillips (uncredited)
Lon McCallister
(uncredited)
Ray Miller
Bill - Coffee Shop Proprietor (uncredited)
Walter Miller
Bill - Waiter with Coffee (uncredited)
Jack Mower
FBI Agent 'Mac' MacDonald (uncredited)
George Offerman, Jr.
Western Union Messenger (uncredited)
Lotte Palfi Andor
Kassel's Nurse (uncredited)
Steve Pendleton
Naval Courier (uncredited)
Gil Perkins
Goebbels' Aide (uncredited)
Norman Phillips Jr.
Gottfried Simmons - Nazi Youth (uncredited)
Tempe Pigott
(uncredited)
Lucien Prival
Kranz (uncredited)
Otto Reichow
Driver of Nazi Car That Crashed (uncredited)
John Ridgely
Army Hospital Clerk (uncredited)
Ferdinand Schumann-Heink
(uncredited)
Hans Schumm
Bismarck Officer with Crew List (uncredited)
Lester Sharpe
(uncredited)
Charles Sherlock
FBI Agent Fred Young (uncredited)
Edwin Stanley
U.S. Official (uncredited)
Rudolf Steinboeck
(uncredited)
Robert R. Stephenson
Fritz - von Eichen's Aide (uncredited)
Regis Toomey
Tom - in Coffee Shop (uncredited)
Frederic Tozere
FBI Agent Staunton (uncredited)
Charles Trowbridge
Maj. Williams (uncredited)
Emmett Vogan
Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)
Dave Wengren
(uncredited)
Joe Stinton
Makeup Artist
Leon G. Turrou
Writer
Jack L. Warner
Executive Producer
Robert B. Lee
Sound Designer
Robert Cowan
Makeup Artist
Ernest Haller
Director of Photography
Media.
Details.
Release DateMay 6, 1939
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 44m
Content RatingNR
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This Movie Is About.
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Confessions of a Nazi Spy is a 1939 American spy political thriller film directed by Anatole Litvak for Warner Bros. It was the first explicitly anti-Nazi film to be produced by a major Hollywood studio, being released in May 1939, four months before the beginning of World War II in Europe, and two and a half years before the United States' official entry into the war.
The film stars Edward G. Robinson, Francis Lederer, George Sanders, Paul Lukas, and a large cast of German actors, including some who had emigrated from their country after the rise of Adolf Hitler. Many of the German actors who appeared in the film changed their names for fear of reprisals against relatives still living in Germany. Harry, Albert, and Jack Warner, who then owned Warner Bros, were Jewish.
The film's story is based on a series of articles by FBI officer Leon G. Turrou, recounting his investigation of Nazi spy rings in the United States. Parts of the film are drawn from the Rumrich spy case, the first major international espionage case in American history.