The Traitor - 1936

This 1936 film tells the story of the doings of foreign agents in Germany and their allies among the German population. Having placed an ad in a local paper looking for "contact with bigwigs in German industry", enemy agents Morris and Geyer end up making contact with an engineer named Brockau. Brockau has developed an improvement in turning oil into gasoline and that's just what these enemy agents are looking for. Brockau, for his part, needs money, because his girlfriend is a selfish cow who demands more and more toys and trinkets, which has put our naive little nerd deep into debt. Brockau, however, is not the only unwitting maroon to fall into the clutches of the evil agents: the former bank agent Hans Klemm, now doing his service in the Wehrmacht, ends up being contacted by an agent from the other side and ends up getting blackmailed into working for them.

92min
1936
Released
Trakio rating0.0/10
IMDB rating6.5/10

Cast

Willy Birgel profile pictureWilly BirgelAgent Morris
Paul Dahlke profile picturePaul DahlkeAgent Geyer
Heinz Welzel profile pictureHeinz WelzelHans Klemm
Rudolf Fernau profile pictureRudolf FernauFritz Brockau
Lída Baarová profile pictureLída BaarováMarion Brokau
Volker von Collande profile pictureVolker von CollandeInspector Kropke
Theodor Loos profile pictureTheodor LoosDr. Auer
Ewald Wenck profile pictureEwald WenckCommissioner Schober
Ernst Karchow profile pictureErnst KarchowMajor Walen
Heinrich Schroth profile pictureHeinrich SchrothDirektor der T-Metallwerke
Sepp Rist profile pictureSepp RistCommissioner Kilian
Josef Dahmen profile pictureJosef DahmenAgentenhelfer

About The Traitor

The Traitor Overview

This 1936 film tells the story of the doings of foreign agents in Germany and their allies among the German population. Having placed an ad in a local paper looking for "contact with bigwigs in German industry", enemy agents Morris and Geyer end up making contact with an engineer named Brockau. Brockau has developed an improvement in turning oil into gasoline and that's just what these enemy agents are looking for. Brockau, for his part, needs money, because his girlfriend is a selfish cow who demands more and more toys and trinkets, which has put our naive little nerd deep into debt. Brockau, however, is not the only unwitting maroon to fall into the clutches of the evil agents: the former bank agent Hans Klemm, now doing his service in the Wehrmacht, ends up being contacted by an agent from the other side and ends up getting blackmailed into working for them.

Runtime: 92min

Extra details

Original Title: Verräter
Original Language: German
Directed By: Karl Ritter
Production Companies
UFA