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Sabotage Agent (1943)
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October 1943 (USA)
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A beautiful girl! A dangerous mission!
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Stevenson, a British soldier fluent in Rumanian and German, goes undercover to sabotage a German poison-gas factory...
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Lean and Economical British WWII Spy Thriller
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(Complete credited cast) | Robert Donat | ... | Captain Terence Stevenson, aka Jan Tartu |
 | Valerie Hobson | ... | Maruschuka Lanova |
| Walter Rilla | ... | Inspector Otto Vogel |
| Glynis Johns | ... | Paula Palacek |
| Phyllis Morris | ... | Anna Palacek |
| Martin Miller | ... | Doctor Novotny |
| Anthony Eustrel | ... | German MP Officar (as Anthony Eustral) |
| Percy Walsh | ... | Dr. Willendorf |
| David Ward | ... | Bronte, the Underground Pilot |
| Friedrich Richter | ... | General Weymouth (as Frederic Richter) |
| John Penrose | ... | Lieutenant Krantz at the Skoda Factory |
| Hubert Leslie | ... | Peter Valek, Shoemaker Contact |
| Mabel Terry-Lewis | ... | Mrs. Stevenson (as Mabel Terry Lewis) |
| Miki Iveria | ... | Female Worker Shot at the Skoda Factory |
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UK:111 min | USA:103 min
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The poem that Donat and the others quote is from English poet William Wordsworth: "I wandered lonely as a cloud That floats on high o'er vales and hills, When all at once I saw a crowd, A host, of golden daffodils"
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This propaganda film pits a British-born, German-educated, chemical engineer (Stevnson - Robert Donat) who speaks Rumanian, German and Russian fluently against Nazis in Eastern Europe. Captain Stevenson becomes an Iron Guard named Tartu (the real Tartu is dead) and heads off, with minimal briefing and no espionage experience, to upset a Nazi plot. Stevenson seeks to infiltrate a German chemical weapons plant but needs help from the local resistance to succeed. But how, posing as a Nazi, can he get the underground to trust him?
Although the basic premise is a tad ludicrous, the film is very carefully plotted and the characters are likable, well-written and well played. Donat, Glynnis Johns and Valerie Hobson are especially good. The cinematography, directing and editing are very standard for early-mid-20th century British film - very straightforward and focused on the story - little to no experimentation and very few pans. But the pace of the film complements - or at least compensates for - the theatrical camera work fairly well.
Recommended for Donat fans and those interested in WWII-era war films.