1942 film
Attack on Baku Directed by Fritz Kirchhoff Written by Produced by Hans Weidemann Starring Cinematography Robert Baberske Edited by Erich Kobler Music by Alois Melichar Production
Distributed by UFA Release date
25 August 1942 (1942-08-25 ) Running time
91 minutes Country Germany Language German
Attack on Baku German : Anschlag auf Baku 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 .
Synopsis
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.
Cast
Willy Fritsch as Hans RombergRené Deltgen as Captain Percy Forbes, British Chief AgentFritz Kampers as Sergeant Mathias ErtlHans Zesch-Ballot as Police Minister BarakoffPaul Bildt as Camps, U.S. oil magnate in BakuLotte Koch as Sylvia, his daughterErich Ponto as Jensen, Danish oil magnateAribert Wascher as Mamulian, Armenian oil magnateWalter Janssen as Hanson, Swedish oil magnateJoachim Brennecke as Ali BabaJosef Kamper [de ] as ZolakWilhelm H. König [de ] as ThatulHeinrich Marlow [de ] as Lord Seymour, British officerHellmut Helsig as Richard Twinning, British AgentAlexander Enge as Steffens, British AgentWalter Holetzko as Richards, British AgentPeter Elsholtz as British LieutenantNicolas Koline as Russian waiterAruth Vartan as GPU agentWilly Maertens as Jensen's lawyerBoris Alekin [de ; pl ] as Turkish officerAngelo Ferrari as Turkish officerErik Radolf [de ] as Forbes' servantHerbert Gernot as Colonel Ahmed BeyFred Goebel as British agentReginald Pasch [de ; fr ] as British agentArthur Reinhardt as British agentNico Turoff as British agentKurt Iller as British agentKarl Jüstel as British agentGünther Ballier as Jensen's secretaryHerbert Scholz as AssassinWerner Völger [de ] as AssassinPeter Busse as Oil TycoonJulius E. Herrmann [de ] as Oil TycoonErich Walter [de ; fr ] as GregorLotte Hermann [da ] as DancerLula Sachnowsky as Dancer
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