---
title: 'Canaris (1954)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Alfred Weidenmann'
released: '1954-12-30'
runtime_minutes: 112
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'War'
  - 'History'
countries:
  - 'Germany'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/canaris-1954'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0046819/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Canaris (1954)

1954 · 112 min · Drama, War, History · Germany


## Synopsis

Canaris is a 1954 West German drama film directed by Alfred Weidenmann and starring O. E. Hasse, Barbara Rütting and Adrian Hoven. It portrays real events during the Second World War when Wilhelm Canaris, the head of German military intelligence, was arrested and executed for his involvement with the 20 July Plot to overthrow Adolf Hitler. The film was a major success at the German box office, possibly because it allowed audiences to identify with a heroic German figure disassociated from Nazism. Released in the UK as Canaris Master Spy, and in the US as Deadly Decision—it is also known by the alternative title Canaris: Master Spy.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Alfred Weidenmann](https://cinepixo.com/people/alfred-weidenmann)
- **Screenplay:** [Herbert Reinecker](https://cinepixo.com/people/herbert-reinecker), [Erich Ebermayer](https://cinepixo.com/people/erich-ebermayer)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Siegfried Franz](https://cinepixo.com/people/siegfried-franz)
- **Director of Photography:** [Franz Weihmayr](https://cinepixo.com/people/franz-weihmayr)
- **Editor:** [Ilse Voigt](https://cinepixo.com/people/ilse-voigt)

## Cast

- [Martin Held](https://cinepixo.com/people/martin-held)
- [Adrian Hoven](https://cinepixo.com/people/adrian-hoven)
- [O. E. Hasse](https://cinepixo.com/people/o-e-hasse)
- [Charles Régnier](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-regnier)
- [Ilse Fürstenberg](https://cinepixo.com/people/ilse-furstenberg)
- [Arno Paulsen](https://cinepixo.com/people/arno-paulsen)
- [Peter Mosbacher](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-mosbacher)
- [Arthur Schröder](https://cinepixo.com/people/arthur-schroder)
- [Arthur Wiesner](https://cinepixo.com/people/arthur-wiesner)
- [Alice Treff](https://cinepixo.com/people/alice-treff)
- [Herbert Wilk](https://cinepixo.com/people/herbert-wilk)
- [Franz Essel](https://cinepixo.com/people/franz-essel)
- [Barbara Rütting](https://cinepixo.com/people/barbara-rutting)
- [Wolfgang Preiss](https://cinepixo.com/people/wolfgang-preiss)
- [Joseph Offenbach](https://cinepixo.com/people/joseph-offenbach)

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