---
title: 'Colonel Redl (1985)'
type: 'film'
director: 'István Szabó'
released: '1985-02-20'
runtime_minutes: 144
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'Yugoslavia'
  - 'Germany'
  - 'Austria'
  - 'Hungary'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/colonel-redl-1985'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0089716/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Colonel Redl (1985)

1985 · 144 min · Drama · Yugoslavia, Germany, Austria, Hungary

Original title: Oberst Redl

## Synopsis

Colonel Redl is a 1985 biographical drama film by Hungarian director István Szabó. The plot, set in the period before World War I, follows the rise of Alfred Redl, an officer in the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Redl, who comes from a humble background, enters military school as a boy and an illustrious military career comes his way by virtue of his loyalty to the crown. He is appointed the head of an intelligence-gathering unit, but his attraction to men eventually causes his downfall.

## Credits

- **Director:** [István Szabó](https://cinepixo.com/people/istvan-szabo)
- **Screenplay:** [István Szabó](https://cinepixo.com/people/istvan-szabo), [John Osborne](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-osborne), [Péter Dobai](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-dobai)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Zdenko Tamássy](https://cinepixo.com/people/zdenko-tamassy)
- **Producer:** [Manfred Durniok](https://cinepixo.com/people/manfred-durniok)
- **Director of Photography:** [Lajos Koltai](https://cinepixo.com/people/lajos-koltai)
- **Editor:** [Zsuzsa Csákány](https://cinepixo.com/people/zsuzsa-csakany)

## Cast

- [Jan Niklas](https://cinepixo.com/people/jan-niklas)
- [Sándor Simó](https://cinepixo.com/people/sandor-simo)
- [Róbert Rátonyi](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-ratonyi)
- [Péter Andorai](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-andorai)
- [Can Togay](https://cinepixo.com/people/can-togay)
- [Gyula Gazdag](https://cinepixo.com/people/gyula-gazdag)
- [Dorottya Udvaros](https://cinepixo.com/people/dorottya-udvaros)
- [Armin Mueller-Stahl](https://cinepixo.com/people/armin-mueller-stahl)
- [Edward Żentara](https://cinepixo.com/people/edward-zentara)
- [Béla Fáy](https://cinepixo.com/people/bela-fay)
- [Gudrun Landgrebe](https://cinepixo.com/people/gudrun-landgrebe)
- [Gábor Ferenczi](https://cinepixo.com/people/gabor-ferenczi)
- [Ádám Horváth](https://cinepixo.com/people/adam-horvath)
- [Pál Zolnay](https://cinepixo.com/people/pal-zolnay)
- [Zoltán Pálfi](https://cinepixo.com/people/zoltan-palfi)

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/colonel-redl-1985
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