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I Was a Spy(1933)
Status: Released
Date: 1933-09-04
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5 Votes
Time: 1h 29m
TO ANSWER THE LURE OF HER LIPS WAS FATAL!
Overview:
During World War I, a young nurse in a hospital in German-occupied Belgium is secretly feeding military information to the British. Complicating matters is the guilt she feels when she has to treat the German casualties inflicted as a result of the information she's passed on, and the fact that the local German commandant is falling in love with her.
Languages: English.
Countries:
United Kingdom
ProductionCompanies:
Gaumont-British Picture Corporation
Movie: I Was a Spy
Top 10 Billed Cast
Herbert Marshall
Stephan
Conrad Veidt
Commandant Oberaertz
Madeleine Carroll
Martha Cnockhaert
Edmund Gwenn
Burgomaster
Gerald du Maurier
Doctor
Donald Calthrop
Cnockhaert
Eva Moore
Canteen Ma
Martita Hunt
Aunt Lucille
Nigel Bruce
Scottie
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Overview
During World War I, a young nurse in a hospital in German-occupied Belgium is secretly feeding military information to the British. Complicating matters is the guilt she feels when she has to treat the German casualties inflicted as a result of the information she's passed on, and the fact that the local German commandant is falling in love with her.
Release Date
1933-09-04
Average
6.4
Rating:
3.2 startsTagline
TO ANSWER THE LURE OF HER LIPS WAS FATAL!
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