Overview
Admiral Canaris is chief of the intelligence service of Nazi Germany. His department is quite successful and Hitler grants him all the money he wants for new developments. Still he's a thorn in the side of the Nazi chiefs, since he's not as unscrupulous as they want him and is known to criticize their ideology.
Fun facts
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Awards
Won 4 awards, including the German Film Awards for Best Feature Film and Best Direction (1955)
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Nominations
2 award nominations, including the German Film Award for Best Actor (1955)
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Setting
Set in Berlin, London and Vienna
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Music
Music by Siegfried Franz
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Franz Weihmayr
Details
- Director
- Writers
- Erich EbermayerWriter
- Herbert ReineckerWriter
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- December 29, 1954
- Original language
- German
- Countries
- Germany
Production
Cast
O.E. HasseAdmiral Canaris
Barbara Rütting
Martin HeldObergruppenführer Heydrich
Wolfgang PreissOberst Holl
Adrian HovenOberleutnant Althoff
Charles RegnierBaron Trenti
Peter MosbacherFernandez- Arthur SchröderHerr von Harbeck
Alice TreffFräulein Winter, Sekretärin
Joseph OffenbachTaxifahrer in Paris
Arno PaulsenTaxifahrer in Berlin- Franz Essel
Herbert Wilk- Klaus Miedel
- Ilse Fürstenberg
Axel MonjéSD-Offizier
Freddy QuinnSänger
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