Attack on Baku | |
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Directed by | Fritz Kirchhoff |
Produced by | Hans Weidemann |
Written by |
Hans Wolfgang Hillers Hans Weidemann |
Starring |
Willy Fritsch René Deltgen Fritz Kampers Hans Zesch-Ballot |
Music by | Alois Melichar |
Cinematography | Robert Baberske |
Edited by | Erich Kobler |
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Distributed by | UFA |
Release date
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25 August 1942 |
Running time
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91 minutes |
Country | Germany |
Language | German |
Attack on Baku (German: Anschlag auf Baku) is a 1942 German thriller film directed by Fritz Kirchhoff and starring Willy Fritsch, René Deltgen and Fritz Kampers. The film was intended as anti-British propaganda during the Second World War. It is noted for its set designs by Otto Hunte, who showed a fascination for modern technology in his depiction of the oil town. The film was shot on location in German-allied Romania, and at Babelsberg Studio in Berlin.
Azerbaijan, 1919. the British hope to secure control of the vast oil fields around Baku by launching a series of terrorist attacks on them. Hans Romberg, a German who is working as a security officer, battles with the British chief agent Captain Forbes and his associates.