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Director:
Alfred Weidenmann
Writers:
Erich Ebermayer (idea)
Erich Ebermayer (screenplay)
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Release Date:
6 May 1955 (Belgium) See more »
Genre:
Biography | Drama See more »
Plot:
Admiral Canaris is chief of the intelligence service of Nazi Germany. His department is quite successful... See more » | Add synopsis »
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Awards:
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Cast

  (in credits order)
O.E. Hasse ... Adm. Canaris
Barbara Rütting ... Irene von Harbeck
Adrian Hoven ... Capt. Althoff
Martin Held ... Obergruppenfuehrer Heydrich
Wolfgang Preiss ... Col. Holl
Peter Mosbacher ... Fernandez
Charles Regnier ... Baron Trenti
Franz Essel ... Beckmann
Alice Treff ... Fräulein Winter
Herbert Wilk ... Hauptmann Degenhard
Klaus Miedel ... André, franz. Offizier (as Claus Miedel)
Arthur Schröder ... Herr von Harbeck
Ilse Fürstenberg ... Anna Lüdtke
Arno Paulsen ... Taxifahrer (Berlin)
Nora Hagist ... Luftwaffenhelferin
André Saint-Germain
Ernst Stahl-Nachbaur
Walter Tarrach ... SD-Beamter
Arthur Wiesner ... Techniker Radtke
Otto Graf
Clemens Hasse
Joseph Offenbach ... Taxifahrer (Paris)
Axel Monjé ... SD-Offizier
Oskar Lindner ... Gestapo Beamter
Freddy Quinn ... Sänger
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Otto Braml ... Hauptmann Behrens (uncredited)
Neville Chamberlain ... Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Édouard Daladier ... Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Harry Giese ... Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Adolf Hitler ... Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Friedrich Maurer ... Pianist Danndorf (uncredited)
Benito Mussolini ... Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Friedrich Steig ... Major Ullmann (uncredited)
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Directed by
Alfred Weidenmann 
 
Writing credits
(in alphabetical order)
Erich Ebermayer  idea
Erich Ebermayer  screenplay
Herbert Reinecker 

Produced by
Emile J. Lustig .... producer
 
Original Music by
Siegfried Franz 
 
Cinematography by
Franz Weihmayr 
 
Film Editing by
Ilse Voigt 
 
Production Design by
Rolf Zehetbauer 
 
Production Management
Werner Drake .... production manager
 
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Wieland Liebske .... assistant director
Holger Lussmann .... assistant director
 
Sound Department
Fritz Schwarz .... sound
 
Other crew
Kurt Paetz .... location manager
 

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Additional Details

Also Known As:
"Canaris" - West Germany (original title)
"Deadly Decision" - USA
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Runtime:
92 min | West Germany:112 min
Country:
West Germany
Language:
German
Color:
Black and White
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 See more »
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
West Germany:12 | Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15
Company:
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