Attack on Baku (1942)
1h 31m
Running Time
August 25, 1942Release Date
Attack on Baku (1942)
1h 31m
Running Time
August 25, 1942Release Date
Network & Production Companies

Plot.
Azerbaijan, 1919. The British hope to secure control of the vast oil fields around Baku by launching a series of terrorist attacks on them. Hans Romberg, a German who is working as a security officer, battles with the British chief agent Captain Forbes and his associates.
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Cast & Crew.

Willy Fritsch
Hans Romberg, Security Service Officer

René Deltgen
Captain Percy Forbes, British Chief Agent

Hans Zesch-Ballot
Baku's Police Minister Barakoff

Paul Bildt
Mr. Camps, US-Oil Magnate in Baku

Otto Braml
Ölherr bei Camps

Lotte Koch
Sylvia, Camp's Daughter

Erich Ponto
Mr. Jensen, Danish Oil Tycoon

Fritz Draeger
Gast im Hause Camps bei der Ballettvorführung

Aribert Wäscher
Mamulian, Armenian Oil Tycoon

Walter Janssen
Hanson, Swedish Oil Tycoon

Fritz Kampers
Sergeant Mathias Ertl / Mathias Ert

Alexander Engel
Steffens, ein englischer Agent

Joachim Brennecke
Ali Baba

Josef Kamper
Zolak

Wilhelm König
Thatul

Heinrich Marlow
Lord Seymour

Helmuth Helsig
Richard Twinning

Alexander Enge
Steffens

Walter Holetzko
Richards

Otto Hunte
ProductionDesigner

Peter Elsholtz
British Lieutenant

Nicolas Koline
Russian Waiter

Aruth Vartan
GPU Agent

Willy Maertens
Jensen's Lawyer

Boris Alekin
Turkish Officer

Angelo Ferrari
Turkish Officer

Erik Radolf
Forbes' Servant

Herbert Gernot
Colonel Ahmed Bey

Fred Goebel
British Agent

Reginald Pasch
British Agent

Arthur Reinhardt
British Agent

Nico Turoff
British Agent

Kurt Iller
British Agent

Karl Jüstel
British Agent

Günther Ballier
Jensen's Secretary

Herbert Scholz
Assassin

Werner Völger
Assassin

Peter Busse
Oil Tycoon

Julius E. Herrmann
Oil Tycoon

Erich Walter
Gregor

Lotte Hermann
Dancer

Lula Sachnowsky
Dancer

Fritz Kirchhoff
Director

Alois Melichar
Music

Erich Kobler
Editor

Hans Weidemann
Writer / Producer

Hans Wolfgang Hillers
Writer

Robert Baberske
Cinematography
Details.
Release DateAugust 25, 1942
Original NameAnschlag auf Baku
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 31m
Genres
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Wiki.
Attack on Baku (German: Anschlag auf Baku) is a 1942 German thriller film directed by Fritz Kirchhoff and starring Willy Fritsch, René Deltgen, and Fritz Kampers. The film was intended as anti-British propaganda during the Second World War. It is noted for its set designs by Otto Hunte, who showed a fascination for modern technology in his depiction of the oil town. The film was shot on location in German-allied Romania, and at Babelsberg Studio in Berlin.