Overview
Set during the fading glory of the Austro-Hungarian empire, the film tells of the rise and fall of Alfred Redl, an ambitious young officer who proceeds up the ladder to become head of the Secret Police only to become ensnared in political deception.
Fun facts
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Nominations
2 award nominations, including the Oscar for Best International Feature Film (1986)
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Based on
Based on A Patriot for Me
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Setting
Set in Austria
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Sequels
Follows Mephisto
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Music
Music by Zdenko Tamássy
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Lajos Koltai
Details
- Director
- Writers
- John OsborneScreenplay
- Péter DobaiWriter
- Original title
- Oberst Redl
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- February 20, 1985
- Original language
- German
- Countries
- Austria, Germany, Hungary
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In the United States
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Cast
Klaus Maria BrandauerAlfred Redl
Hans Christian Blechvon Roden
Armin Mueller-StahlThronfolger
Gudrun LandgrebeKatalin
Jan NiklasChristoph
László MensárosOberst Ruzitska
András BálintDr. Sonnenschein
László GálffiVelocchio
Dorottya UdvarosClarisse
Károly EperjesLeutnant Schorm
Róbert RátonyiBaron Ullmann- Gábor SvidronyRedl als Kind
Éva SzabóRedls Mutter
Tamás MajorBaron Kubinyi- Mária MajláthBaronin Kubinyi
Péter DobaiFregattenkapitän Trevianus
Pálfi ZoltánLeutnant Mészáros
Gyula GazdagOberleutnant Ehrlich- Dobák LajosÚr a galiciai bálon(uncredited)
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