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The man the Gestapo hates!
7.3 / 10 IMDb July 28, 1941 2h 0m
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.
Director
Runtime
2h 0m
Release Date
July 28, 1941
Genre
Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Status
Released
Languages
English, Italian
Country
United Kingdom
Producers
Cast
Leslie Howard
as Professor Horatio Smith
Francis L. Sullivan
as General von Graum
Mary Morris
as Ludmilla Koslowski
Hugh McDermott
as David Maxwell
Raymond Huntley
as Marx
Manning Whiley
as Bertie Gregson
Peter Gawthorne
as Sidimir Koslowski
Allan Jeayes
as Dr Benckendorf
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Dennis Arundell
as Hoffman
Joan Kemp-Welch
as School-Teacher
Philip Friend
as Spencer
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Laurence Kitchin
as Clarence Elstead
David Tomlinson
as Steve
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Basil Appleby
as Jock MacIntyre
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Percy Walsh
as Dvorak
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Suzanne Clair
as Salesgirl
Roland Pertwee
as Embassy Official - Sir George Smith
Charles Paton
as Steinhof
Aubrey Mallalieu
as Dean
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George Street
as Schmidt
Production Companies
British National Films
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