Summary
Eccentric Cambridge archaeologist Horatio Smith takes a group of British and American archaeology students to pre-war Nazi Germany to help in his excavations. His research is supported by the Nazis, since he professes to be looking for evidence of the Aryan origins of German civilisation. However, he has a secret agenda: to free inmates of the concentration camps.
Cast
Leslie Howard
Professor Horatio Smith
Francis L. Sullivan
General von Graum
Mary Morris
Ludmilla Koslowski
Hugh McDermott
David Maxwell
Raymond Huntley
Marx
Manning Whiley
Bertie Gregson
Peter Gawthorne
Sidimir Koslowski
Allan Jeayes
Dr Benckendorf
Dennis Arundell
Hoffman
Joan Kemp-Welch
School-Teacher
Philip Friend
Spencer
Laurence Kitchin
Clarence Elstead
David Tomlinson
Steve
Basil Appleby
Jock MacIntyre
Percy Walsh
Dvorak
Suzanne Clair
Salesgirl
Roland Pertwee
Embassy Official - Sir George Smith
Charles Paton
Steinhof
Aubrey Mallalieu
Dean
George Street
Schmidt
Oriel Ross
Lady Willoughby
Bryan Herbert
Jaromir
Arthur Hambling
Jordan
Ben Williams
Graubitz
Ernest Butcher
Weber
Mary Brown
Girl Student
W. Phillip
Innkeeper
Ilse Bard
Gretchen
Ernest Verne
German Officer
Hector Abbas
Karl Meyer
Neal Arden
Second Prisoner
Richard George
Prison Guard
Roddy Hughes
Zigor
Hugh Pryse
Wagner
Michael Brennan
Camp Guard with Lantern
Elwyn Brook-Jones
Bit Part
Sebastian Cabot
Bit Role
Peter Cozens
Man
Arthur Denton
Gestapo Man Following Smith
Irene Handl
Bit Part
Vincent Holman
Doctor at Diggings
Ronald Howard
Minor Role
Stuart Latham
Telephone Operator
Michael Rennie
Prison Camp Officer
Charles Rolfe
German Officer at Customs
John Slater
Reporter
Harry Terry
Camp Guard
A.E. Matthews
Earl of Meadowbrook
Crew
Director
Leslie Howard
Novel
Baroness Emmuska Orczy
Original Story
Wolfgang Wilhelm
Original Story
A. G. MacDonell
Scenario Writer
Roland Pertwee
Scenario Writer, Screenplay
Anatole de Grunwald
Reviews
Geronimo1967
June 25, 2022
7
Leslie Howard is on good form here as the outwardly fastidious academic with a secret to keep. He decides to offer some of his students an holiday trip to Germany (just the boys!) so they can try to establish once and for all whether there was an "Aryan" race there. Quickly we discover he also has an hand in rescuing many creative and scientifically minded for the evil clutch of the Nazis and their chocolate eating boss "General von Graum" (Francis L. Sullivan). As the students get in on the act, it's the American "David" (Hugh McDermott) who is most itching for action and it's also him who falls for the charms of "Ludmilla" (Mary Morris) who is treading a very dangerous path trying to save her imprisoned father whilst not betraying this updated iteration of Howard's "Scarlet Pimpernel". There's some lovely writing here - especially from the swastika wearing propagandists who insist that their nation is the ideal place to live and work. As the story progresses, there becomes something effectively sinister about the denouement and the battle of wills between Howard and a very much on form Sullivan that delivers one of the more memorable wartime thrillers.
Media
Status:
Released
Original Language:
English
Budget:
$0.00
Revenue:
$0.00
