The Beautiful Spy
Synopsis
Vera von Schalburg is a German prostitute living in Nazi Germany. In 1938, one year before the start of World War II, she is arrested by the Berlin police. To avoid imprisonment, she is given the opportunity to work as a spy for the Abwehr, the German military intelligence service. Unaware of the secret war preparations being carried out by the government and reluctant to leave her teenage son, who later joins the Hitler Youth, she agrees to the offer.
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Edited by Marcel PeragineShot by Jorg WidmerScored by Nic RaineDesigned by Matthias Klemme
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17 unique people credited
Top billed cast
Valerie Niehaus
as Vera von Schalburg
Fritz Karl
as Hilmar Dierks
Jochen Nickel
as Walther Luthmann
Nina Petri
as Teresa Meier
Peter Prager
as Wilhelm Canaris
Hansa Czypionka
as Oljakow
Dustin Raschdorf
as Christian von Schalburg
Ekaterina Medvedeva
as Gräfin Pawlowa
Peter Kremer
as Peter Haber
Ron Donachie
as Major Bloomberg
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