Appointment in Berlin (1943)
Directed by Alfred E. Green
Genres - Drama, War |
Sub-Genres - War Adventure |
Release Date - Jul 15, 1943 (USA - Unknown), Jul 15, 1943 (USA) |
Run Time - 77 min. |
Countries - United States |
MPAA Rating - NR
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Synopsis by Hal Erickson
This wartime melodrama stars George Sanders as Keith Wilson, a disillusioned Britisher who becomes a "Lord Haw Haw"type at a Nazi radio station. All the time he's dispensing anti-British propaganda over the airwaves, however, Wilson is actually a secret agent in the employ of the His Majesty's government. It is Wilson's intention to use his intimate relationship with the Germans to expose a worldwide Nazi spy ring. Romance enter the picture in the form of Ilse Preissing (Marguerite Chapman), the sister of a Nazi agent whose decision to join Wilson's side results in her death. Veteran movie villainess Gale Sondergaard also appears in the film, cast against type as a courageous British intelligence agent.
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war, agent [representative], Britain, broadcasting, code [encryption], double-agent, escape, espionage, Germany, intelligence [gov't], Nazism, officer, propaganda, radio, secrets
