I Was a Spy
Cast & Crew
Victor Saville
Madeleine Carroll
Herbert Marshall
Conrad Veidt
Gerald Du Maurier
Edmund Gwenn
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
In 1915 while Belgium is occupied by the Germans, Marthe Cnockhaert becomes a volunteer nurse at a military hospital in Roulers, treating both German and captured allied soldiers. She becomes a spy for the allies, which leads to a romance with Stephan, a German officer who is the secret leader of the liberation movement. After many daring adventures, Marthe is captured, but the gallant Stephan turns himself in so that she will not be executed. Marthe is imprisoned for the duration of the war, and when she is freed by the allies, she cries with joy as she realizes the good that has come from her and Stephan's sacrifices.
Director
Victor Saville
Cast
Madeleine Carroll
Herbert Marshall
Conrad Veidt
Gerald Du Maurier
Edmund Gwenn
Donald Calthrop
May Agate
Eva Moore
Martita Hunt
Nigel Bruce
George Merritt
Anthony Bushell
Crew
J. H. Beith
Gordon Conway
Ian Dalrymple
William J. Dodds
George Gunn
Ian Hay
Jerry Horwin
Alfred Junge
Louis Levy
W. P. Lipscomb
Angus Macphail
Herbert Mason
William Salter
Frederick Y. Smith
Charles Van Enger
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Notes
The film contains a written statement which reads: "Self preservation has forced States and armies in every age to exact the penalty of death from a spy. A secret service agent, who is not actuated by any sordid motive, but inspired by patriotism, and ready to pay the well known forfeit, deserves respect and honor from those he serves so faithfully. Marthe Cnockhaert fulfilled in every respect the conditions which make the terrible profession of a spy dignified and honorable." The statement is signed by Winston S. Churchill, who was the British Secretary of State for War from 1918 to 1921. According to an Hollywood Reporter news item, the film was "tradeshown" in London the last week of July 1933. According to the Twentieth Century-Fox Produced Scripts Collection at the UCLA Theater Arts Library, the version shown in Great Britian ran 8,360 feet.
