''The Spies'' (German: ''Die Spione'') is a 1919 German crime film directed by

Ewald André Dupont Ewald André Dupont (25 December 1891 – 12 December 1956) was a German film director, one of the pioneers of the German film industry. He was often credited as E. A. Dupont. Early career A newspaper columnist in 1916, Dupont became a screenwri ...

and starring

Max Landa Max Landa ( be, Макс Ландаў; 24 April 1873 – 8 November 1933; born Max Landau) was a Russian-born Austrian silent film and stage actor. Career Landa attended the Handelsakademie (commercial academy) in Vienna and took classes with a ...

, Johanna Terwin and

Hanni Weisse Hanni Weisse (16 October 1892 – 13 December 1967) was a German stage and film actress.Sutton, Katie. The Masculine Woman in Weimar Germany', pp. 68-69. New York, New York: Bergahn, 2011. She appeared in 146 films between 1912 and 1942. Biogra ...

.Bock & Bergfelder p.102 The film's sets were designed by the art director

Robert A. Dietrich Robert A. Dietrich (28 March 1889 – 8 September 1947) was a German art director.Scheunemann p.277 He designed the sets for more than a hundred films during his career. Selected filmography * '' The Student of Prague'' (1913) * '' The Path of De ...

Cast

as Detektiv * Johanna Terwin as Marion *

Emil Rameau Emil Rameau (born Emil Pulvermacher; 13 August 1878 – 9 September 1957) was a German film and theatre actor, and for many years the deputy artistic director at the Schiller Theater. He appeared in nearly 100 films between 1915 and 1949. Lif ...

as Dr. Mahon *

Bernhard Goetzke Bernhard Goetzke (5 June 1884 – 7 October 1964) was a German stage and film actor. He appeared in 130 films between 1917 and 1961. Selected filmography * ''Fear'' (1917) * ''The Last Sun Son'' (1919) * ''The Japanese Woman'' (1919) * ''The P ...

as Jean Babtiste, politische Agenten * Arthur Beder as Jean Babtiste *

Paul Biensfeldt Paul Biensfeldt (4 March 1869 – 2 April 1933) was a German-JewishSiegbert Salomon Prawer, ''Between Two Worlds: The Jewish Presence in German and Austrian Film, 1910-1933'', Berghahn Books (2007), p. 213 stage and film actor. Selected filmog ...

as Dunkle Existenz *

References

Bibliography

* Hans-Michael Bock and Tim Bergfelder. ''The Concise Cinegraph: An Encyclopedia of German Cinema''. Berghahn Books, 2009.

External links

* 1919 films Films of the Weimar Republic German silent feature films Films directed by E. A. Dupont German crime films 1919 crime films German black-and-white films 1910s German films 1910s German-language films {{1910s-Germany-film-stub