I Was a Spy

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I Was a Spy is a 1933 British war drama film about a Belgian woman who becomes a spy during World War I.

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I Was a Spy canonical 4
I Was a Spy (autobiography) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf film ⓘ
basedOn I Was a Spy (autobiography) ⓘ
linked to: I Was a Spy

autobiography of Marthe Cnockaert ⓘ
characterIn Marthe Cnockaert ⓘ
cinematographer Charles Van Enger ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
countryOfSetting Belgium ⓘ
criticalReception well received in Britain on release ⓘ
director Victor Saville ⓘ
distributedIn United Kingdom ⓘ
distributor Gaumont British Distributors ⓘ
editor Ian Dalrymple ⓘ
era 1930s British cinema ⓘ
filmingLocation Islington Studios ⓘ
format black-and-white film ⓘ
genre spy film ⓘ
war drama ⓘ
hasSubject Belgian Resistance ⓘ
linked to: Belgian resistance

World War I ⓘ
espionage ⓘ
language English ⓘ
leadActor Herbert Marshall ⓘ
Madeleine Carroll ⓘ
leadRoleCharacter Marthe Cnockaert ⓘ
musicBy Louis Levy ⓘ
narrativeFocus Belgian woman who becomes a spy for the Allies ⓘ
notableFor portrayal of female espionage in World War I ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
producer Michael Balcon ⓘ
linked to: Sir Michael Balcon
productionCompany Gainsborough Pictures ⓘ
releaseDate 1933-09-04 ⓘ
releaseYear 1933 ⓘ
runtime approximately 86 minutes ⓘ
screenwriter Edwin Greenwood ⓘ
W. P. Lipscomb ⓘ
setIn German-occupied Belgium ⓘ
starred Conrad Veidt ⓘ
Edmund Gwenn ⓘ
Herbert Marshall ⓘ
Madeleine Carroll ⓘ
Martita Hunt ⓘ
timePeriodOfSetting World War I ⓘ
title I Was a Spy ⓘ

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

Gertrude Michael → performedIn → I Was a Spy ⓘ
Lucie Mannheim → notableWork → I Was a Spy ⓘ
I Was a Spy → basedOn → I Was a Spy (autobiography) ⓘ
linked to: I Was a Spy
I Was a Spy → title → I Was a Spy ⓘ