Acting
Janićijević's sweaty desperation sells every close call.
Direction
Čáp squeezes maximum paranoia from minimal resources.
Director
František Čáp
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shot during Yugoslavia's brief golden age of cinema, when Tito's non-aligned status let filmmakers tackle Nazi themes without Soviet or Western censorship.
The real X-25 was a Slovenian resistance radio station; the film's title was changed in some markets to 'The Spy' because distributors feared audiences wouldn't understand the reference.
YU
