---
title: 'Espionage (1955)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Franz Antel'
released: '1955-01-01'
genres:
  - 'History'
countries:
  - 'Austria'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/espionage-1955'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0048651/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Espionage (1955)

1955 · History · Austria


## Synopsis

Espionage is a 1955 Austrian historical spy drama film directed by Franz Antel and starring Ewald Balser, Barbara Rütting and Gerhard Riedmann. It was shot at the Sievering Studios and on location in Vienna. The film's sets were designed by the art director Felix Smetana. It was based on the real story of Alfred Redl, an officer serving with Austrian Military Intelligence who was also secretly spying for the hostile Russian Empire before the First World War.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Franz Antel](https://cinepixo.com/people/franz-antel)
- **Screenplay:** [Alexander Lernet-Holenia](https://cinepixo.com/people/alexander-lernet-holenia)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Willy Schmidt-Gentner](https://cinepixo.com/people/willy-schmidt-gentner)
- **Director of Photography:** [Hans Heinz Theyer](https://cinepixo.com/people/hans-heinz-theyer)
- **Editor:** [Arnfried Heyne](https://cinepixo.com/people/arnfried-heyne)

## Cast

- [Karl Ehmann](https://cinepixo.com/people/karl-ehmann)
- [Ewald Balser](https://cinepixo.com/people/ewald-balser)
- [C. W. Fernbach](https://cinepixo.com/people/c-w-fernbach)
- [Hermann Erhardt](https://cinepixo.com/people/hermann-erhardt)
- [Oskar Werner](https://cinepixo.com/people/oskar-werner)
- [Gerhard Riedmann](https://cinepixo.com/people/gerhard-riedmann)
- [Barbara Rütting](https://cinepixo.com/people/barbara-rutting)
- [Harry Hardt](https://cinepixo.com/people/harry-hardt)
- [Hannelore Bollmann](https://cinepixo.com/people/hannelore-bollmann)
- [Marte Harell](https://cinepixo.com/people/marte-harell)
- [Kurt Jaggberg](https://cinepixo.com/people/kurt-jaggberg)
- [Erik Frey](https://cinepixo.com/people/erik-frey)
- [Attila Hörbiger](https://cinepixo.com/people/attila-horbiger)

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