The River Line

Top 7 Billed Cast

Peter van Eyck
Peter van Eyck

Der Reiher

Marie Versini
Marie Versini

Marie

Walter Rilla
Walter Rilla

Pierre, Maries Vater

Fritz Wepper
Fritz Wepper

Philip

Elfriede Kuzmany
Elfriede Kuzmany

Madame Claire

Gernot Duda
Gernot Duda

Dany Mann
Dany Mann

Madame Claires Tochter

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    France 1944: American pilot Philip Sturgess is shot down but found by a resistance group. In the neighborhood Sturgess meets another American and shortly thereafter the British Major Barton, called “Reiher”. He claims to have fled a German prison camp. Shortly before leaving for Spain to escape the Nazis, Sturgess discovers that Barton has written a letter to Germany. This confirms the suspicion that he could be a German spy…

  • Release Date

    1964-03-26

  • Average

    6.5

  • Rating:

    3.3 starts
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  • Languages:

    Deutsch

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