The Case of Colonel Redl

The Case of Colonel Redl
Directed byKarl Anton
Written byAlfred Schirokauer
Benno Vigny
Based onThe Case of Colonel Redl by Egon Erwin Kisch
Produced byJosef Stein
StarringTheodor Loos
Lil Dagover
Otto Hartmann
CinematographyEduard Hoesch
Václav Vích
Music byWilly Engel-Berger
Production
companies
Elektafilm
Sonor Film
Distributed bySüd-Film
Release date
  • 27 February 1931 (1931-02-27)
Running time
82 minutes
CountryCzechoslovakia
LanguageGerman

The Case of Colonel Redl (German: Der Fall des Generalstabs-Oberst Redl) is a 1931 Czechoslovak spy drama film directed by Karl Anton in German language. It stars Theodor Loos, Lil Dagover and Otto Hartmann. It was a co-production between the Prague-based companies Elektafilm and Sonor Film. A separate Czech-language version The Affair of Colonel Redl was also shot at the same time.[1] It was based on a 1924 book of the same title by Egon Erwin Kisch, detailing the story of Alfred Redl.

Synopsis

In the years leading up to the First World War, Colonel Redl of the Austrian army acts as a double agent for enemy powers.

Cast

References

  1. ^ Von Dassanowsky p.337

Bibliography

  • Von Dassanowsky, Robert. Screening Transcendence: Film Under Austrofascism and the Hollywood Hope, 1933-1938. Indiana University Press, 2018
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