Movie
The Counterfeit Traitor
Overview
Blacklisted in modern day WW2, a Swedish oil trader opts to assist British Allies, by means of infiltrating and surveying Nazi Germany.
Details
- Release date
- 1962-04-13
- Runtime
- 140 min
- Genres
- War, Thriller, Drama
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Perlsea Company, Paramount Pictures
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- William Holden as Eric Erickson
- Lilli Palmer as Ms. Marianne Möllendorf
- Hugh Griffith as Collins
- Carl Raddatz as Otto Holtz
- Ernst Schröder as Baron Gerhard von Oldenburg
- Charles Regnier as Wilhelm Kortner
- Ingrid van Bergen as Hulda Windler
- Wolfgang Preiss as Colonel Nordoff
- Werner Peters as Bruno Ulrich
- Erica Beer as Klara Holtz
- Stefan Schnabel as Gestapo agent at funeral
- Klaus Kinski as Kindler
Crew
- George Seaton - Director
- George Seaton - Writer
- Charles Grenzbach - Story
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