Spies
by Fritz Lang
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Actor: Gerda Maurus, Lien Deyers, Louis Ralph, Rudolf Klein-Rogge, Willy FritschDirector: Fritz Lang
Brand: Kino International
Cinematographer: Fritz Arno Wagner
Writer: Fritz Lang
Producer: Erich Pommer
Writer: Thea von Harbou
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); German (Dubbed)
Format: Black & White, Closed-captioned, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC, Silent
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 143 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2004-11-09
Audience Rating: Unrated
Model: 3852
Studio: Kino Video
Product features:
- SPIES SPIONE (DVD MOVIE)
Movie Reviews of Spies
Movie Review: The Birth Of The Modern Spy Film.
Summary: 5 Stars
SPIES appropriately marks the beginning of the modern spy thriller as we know it today. It features an intrepid hero, a beautiful woman with divided loyalties and a cunning and diabolical villain. There is also international intrigue, bedroom politics, gadgets galore and spectacular stunts. What raises it above the ordinary is Fritz Lang's passion for detail and the emphasis on the principal woman character.
Women are the central focus of Lang's films during the 1920's from Kriemhild in DIE NIBELUNGEN to Maria in METROPOLIS and Friede in WOMAN IN THE MOON thanks to scriptwriter Thea von Harbou (Lang's wife at the time) whose stories concentrate on the power of love to redeem or destroy. Sonja in SPIES is no exception. Everything revolves around her. Put all this together and you have a film that is as compelling today as it was 75 years ago.
Rudolf Klein-Rogge (the inventor from METROPOLIS) stars as Haghi, the head of a powerful criminal network whose specialties are blackmail and espionage. Trying to catch him is Agent 326 (Willy Fritsch) of the German State Police where no one has a name only a number. Things are complicated by Haghi's #1 spy Sonja Barranikowa (Gerda Maurus) who is great at obtaining secrets but is haunted by her past. How these characters interact and how the plot resolves itself is what makes SPIES so captivating. There's also a real doozy of an ending.
The restoration work is remarkable adding more than 50 minutes to previous existing versions and the picture quality is superb. Add Donald Sosin's new score and you have a real winner on your hands. Even if you don't know or don't like silent films you'll be entertained. And if you do like them then you can't afford to miss out on this new release from Kino.
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