Spies

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Spies is a 1928 German silent espionage thriller film directed by Fritz Lang, renowned for its intricate plotting, innovative visual style, and influence on the spy genre.

All labels observed (3)

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Spies canonical 5
Spione 2
Spione (1928 film) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf German film
espionage film
film
silent film
thriller film
artDirector Erich Kettelhut NERFINISHED
Karl Vollbrecht NERFINISHED
Otto Hunte
basedOnWorkBy Thea von Harbou
character Agent 326
Haghi
Sonja Baranilkowa
cinematographer Fritz Arno Wagner
countryOfOrigin Germany
director Fritz Lang
distributor UFA
filmmakingInnovation complex cross-cutting
multi-layered narrative structure
use of miniatures and models
filmMovement German Expressionism
followsWork Metropolis
format black-and-white
genre espionage
silent film
thriller
hasTheme double agents
international espionage
surveillance
technological modernity
influenced Alfred Hitchcock spy thrillers
James Bond film series
linked to: James Bond (film)

spy film genre
language German
musicBy Willy Schmidt-Gentner
notableFor innovative visual style
intricate plotting
originalTitle Spione
linked to: Spies
productionCompany Fritz Lang-Film
linked to: Fritz Lang
productionEra Weimar Republic
releaseDate 1928-03-22
releaseYear 1928
runtimeMinutes 145
screenwriter Thea von Harbou
setInPeriod interwar period
starredActor Fritz Rasp
Gerda Maurus
Lupu Pick
Rudolf Klein-Rogge
Willy Fritsch
title Spies

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Fritz Lang notableWork Spies
Fritz Lang directed Spies
Spies title Spies
Spies originalTitle Spione
linked to: Spies
Thea von Harbou wrote Spione
linked to: Spies
Thea von Harbou coWroteScreenplayFor Spione (1928 film)
linked to: Spies
Parachutes hasTrack Spies
Fritz Lang notableWork Spies
subject linked to: Friedrich Christian Anton Lang