ID

FBW000959      Fiction

Country / Year

USA, 1943

Original Title

Appointment in Berlin

Directed by

Alfred E. Green

Produced by

Columbia Pictures Corporation, Los Angeles, CA / New York, NY

Staff

Producer: Samuel Bischoff; Script: Michael Hogan (Based on a story by B.P. Fineman), Horace McCoy; Based on: B.P. Fineman; Camera: Franz Planer; Editing: Al Clark, Reg Browne; Music: Werner Richard Heymann; Musical direction: Morris W. Stoloff

Cast

George Sanders (Keith Wilson); Marguerite Chapman (lse Preissing); Onslow Stevens (Rudolph Preissing); Gale Sondergaard (Gretta van Leyden); Alan Napier (Col. Patterson); H.P. Sanders (Sir Douglas Wilson); Don Douglas (Bill Banning); Jack G. Lee (Babe Forrester); Alec Craig (Smitty); Leonard Mudie (MacPhail); Frederick Worlock (Von Ritter); Steven Geray (Henri Bader); Wolfgang Zilzer (Cripple)

Length

77'

Format

35mm/sw/1:1,37

Dates

- 15 Jul 1943: Copyright LP12149
- 16 Jul 1943: US release date, New York, NY (Rivoli)

Abstract

Ex-RAF officer Keith Wilson, feigning disillusionment with his country, flees to Berlin to become an anti-British radio propagandist for the Nazis, but in reality is sending back secret information via a word/phrase code while he is on the air. When he is found out by the Germans, he enlists the aid of pretty German girl Ilse Preissing and another British agent, Gretta van Leyden, in plotting his escape. A rather pessimistic wartime picture whose clever plot and cast give it some intelligence.

Subject Terms

Anti-Nazi films (US)

Bibliography

- Char.: "Appointment in Berlin", in: Variety, 21.07.1943
- Schwab, Lothar (Red.): Exil. Sechs Schauspieler aus Deutschland. Wolgang Zilzer (Paul Andor), Bd. 6, Berlin/West: Stiftung Deutsche Kinemathek, 1983
- Nash, Ray R. / Ross, Stanley R. / Conelly, Robert B. (Ed.): Motion Picture Guide. Chicago, IL: Cinebooks, 1987
- Martin, Len D: The Columbia Checklist. The Feature Films, Serials, Cartoons and Short Subjects of Columbia Pictures Corporation, 1922-1988. Jefferson, NC / London: McFarland, 1991