---
title: 'Attack on Baku (1942)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Fritz Kirchhoff'
released: '1942-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 91
countries:
  - 'Germany'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/attack-on-baku-1942'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0135775/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Attack on Baku (1942)

1942 · 91 min · Germany

Original title: Anschlag auf Baku

## Synopsis

Attack on 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.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Fritz Kirchhoff](https://cinepixo.com/people/fritz-kirchhoff)
- **Screenplay:** [Hans Wolfgang Hillers](https://cinepixo.com/people/hans-wolfgang-hillers), [Hans Jakob Weidemann](https://cinepixo.com/people/hans-jakob-weidemann)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Alois Melichar](https://cinepixo.com/people/alois-melichar)
- **Director of Photography:** [Herbert Körner](https://cinepixo.com/people/herbert-korner), [Klaus von Rautenfeld](https://cinepixo.com/people/klaus-von-rautenfeld), [Robert Baberske](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-baberske)
- **Editor:** [Erich Kobler](https://cinepixo.com/people/erich-kobler)

## Cast

- [Erich Walter](https://cinepixo.com/people/erich-walter)
- [Alexander Engel](https://cinepixo.com/people/alexander-engel)
- [Erich Ponto](https://cinepixo.com/people/erich-ponto)
- [Fred Goebel](https://cinepixo.com/people/fred-goebel)
- [Paul Bildt](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-bildt)
- [René Deltgen](https://cinepixo.com/people/rene-deltgen)
- [Willy Fritsch](https://cinepixo.com/people/willy-fritsch)
- [Fritz Kampers](https://cinepixo.com/people/fritz-kampers)
- [Nico Turoff](https://cinepixo.com/people/nico-turoff)
- [Günther Ballier](https://cinepixo.com/people/gunther-ballier)
- [Hellmuth Helsig](https://cinepixo.com/people/hellmuth-helsig)
- [Aruth Wartan](https://cinepixo.com/people/aruth-wartan)
- [Lotte Koch](https://cinepixo.com/people/lotte-koch)
- [Hans Zesch-Ballot](https://cinepixo.com/people/hans-zesch-ballot)
- [Aribert Wäscher](https://cinepixo.com/people/aribert-wascher)

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/attack-on-baku-1942
Film facts: Wikidata (Q569185); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.