Thomas Lieven is a German secret agent trying to leave that profession, to live a peaceful life. Adventure is too strong an appeal, he starts working again, and soon it's difficult to say if he is doing his job, or turned out as double agent for England, France or even communist Russia! To save his skin, he'll do - almost - anything, to anyone...
Acting
O.W. Fischer's smug chaos energy carries every frame.
Costume
1961 European spy fashion is doing heavy lifting.
Director
Géza von Radványi
O.W. Fischer
Thomas Lieven
Eva Bartok
Vera
Senta Berger
Chantal
Geneviève Cluny
Mimi
Jean Richard
Siméon
Geneviève Kervine
Nancy
Viktor de Kowa
Loos
Wolfgang Reichmann
Hofbauer
Karl Schönböck
Lovejoy
Karl John
Debras
Peter Carsten
Bastian
Kurt Pratsch-Kaufmann
Gefängnisdirektor
Reinhard Kolldehoff
SS-Mann
Bruno W. Pantel
Oberst
Hans Nielsen
Erzähler
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Three directors credited suggests either creative vision or production chaos — fitting for a film about fractured loyalties.
Based on Johannes Mario Simmel's novel, which spawned a whole franchise of Thomas Lieven misadventures in German popular culture.
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