Spies

UFA insisted on the film being made inexpensively, as Fritz Lang's previous film Metropolis (1927) had brought the studio to near bankruptcy. Lang therefore chose to do most of the shots in narrow settings with lots of close-ups, as no big sets had to be built up for that way of filming. Fortunately "Spione" became a huge success.

When Sonya and Franz (the chauffeur) are tied up and trying to escape, the hand cranking the camera is visible.

Edited into Fritz Lang, le cercle du destin - Les films allemands (2004)