Canaris (1954)
1h 52m
Running Time
December 29, 1954Release Date
Plot.
Admiral Canaris is chief of the intelligence service of Nazi Germany. His department is quite successful and Hitler grants him all the money he wants for new developments. Still he's a thorn in the side of the Nazi chiefs, since he's not as unscrupulous as they want him and is known to criticize their ideology.
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Cast & Crew.
O.E. Hasse
Adm. Canaris
Barbara Rütting
Irene von Harbeck
Adrian Hoven
Capt. Althoff
Wolfgang Preiss
Oberst Holl
Martin Held
Obergruppenfuehrer Heydrich
Charles Regnier
Baron Trenti
Alfred Weidenmann
Director
Erich Ebermayer
Writer
Peter Mosbacher
Fernandez
Arthur Schröder
Herr von Harbeck
Herbert Reinecker
Writer
Alice Treff
Fräulein Winter, Sekretärin
Siegfried Franz
Composer
Joseph Offenbach
Taxifahrer in Paris
Franz Weihmayr
Cinematographer
Arno Paulsen
Taxifahrer in Berlin
Media.
Details.
Wiki.
Canaris is a 1954 West German drama film directed by Alfred Weidenmann and starring O. E. Hasse, Barbara Rütting and Adrian Hoven. It portrays real events during the Second World War when Wilhelm Canaris the head of German military intelligence was arrested and executed for his involvement with the 20 July Plot to overthrow Adolf Hitler. The film was a major success at the German box office, possibly because it allowed audiences to identify with a heroic German figure disassociated from Nazism. Released in the UK as Canaris Master Spy, and in the US as Deadly Decision—it is also known by the alternative title Canaris: Master Spy.
It was shot at the Tempelhof Studios in Berlin.