---
title: 'Spy for Germany (1956)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Werner Klingler'
released: '1956-01-01'
genres:
  - 'Thriller'
countries:
  - 'Germany'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/spy-for-germany-1956'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0049788/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Spy for Germany (1956)

1956 · Thriller · Germany

Original title: Spion für Deutschland

## Synopsis

Spy for Germany is a 1956 West German thriller film directed by Werner Klingler that stars Martin Held, Nadja Tiller and Walter Giller. Based on a book by Will Berthold, the film depicts the mission of a German spy Erich Gimpel during the Second World War to discover how far the American nuclear programme had progressed. It was shot at the Tempelhof Studios in West Berlin and on location in Boston and New York in America. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Hans Kuhnert and Paul Markwitz.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Werner Klingler](https://cinepixo.com/people/werner-klingler)
- **Screenplay:** [Herbert Reinecker](https://cinepixo.com/people/herbert-reinecker)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Werner Eisbrenner](https://cinepixo.com/people/werner-eisbrenner)
- **Producer:** [Kurt Ulrich](https://cinepixo.com/people/kurt-ulrich)
- **Director of Photography:** [Albert Benitz](https://cinepixo.com/people/albert-benitz)
- **Editor:** [Wolfgang Wehrum](https://cinepixo.com/people/wolfgang-wehrum)

## Cast

- [Walter Giller](https://cinepixo.com/people/walter-giller)
- [Viktor Staal](https://cinepixo.com/people/viktor-staal)
- [Gustav Knuth](https://cinepixo.com/people/gustav-knuth)
- [Nadja Tiller](https://cinepixo.com/people/nadja-tiller)
- [Claude Farell](https://cinepixo.com/people/claude-farell)
- [Stanislav Ledinek](https://cinepixo.com/people/stanislav-ledinek)
- [Günter Pfitzmann](https://cinepixo.com/people/gunter-pfitzmann)
- [Heinz Drache](https://cinepixo.com/people/heinz-drache)
- [Martin Kosleck](https://cinepixo.com/people/martin-kosleck)
- [Ernst Stahl-Nachbaur](https://cinepixo.com/people/ernst-stahl-nachbaur)
- [Martin Held](https://cinepixo.com/people/martin-held)

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