---
title: 'The Traitor (1936)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Karl Ritter'
released: '1936-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 92
genres:
  - 'Thriller'
countries:
  - 'Germany'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-traitor-1936'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0028461/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Traitor (1936)

1936 · 92 min · Thriller · Germany

Original title: Verräter

## Synopsis

The Traitor is a 1936 German spy thriller film directed by Karl Ritter. and starring Willy Birgel, Lída Baarová and Irene von Meyendorff. It was shot at the Babelsberg Studios in Potsdam and on location around Wünsdorf. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Franz Koehn and Max Mellin. The film revolves around foreign agents who infiltrate the German arms industry, helped by German traitors. However, they are defeated due to the combined efforts of the Wehrmacht and the Gestapo.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Karl Ritter](https://cinepixo.com/people/karl-ritter-2)
- **Screenplay:** [Leonhard Fürst](https://cinepixo.com/people/leonhard-furst)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Henri René](https://cinepixo.com/people/henri-rene)
- **Director of Photography:** [Günther Anders](https://cinepixo.com/people/gunther-anders), [Heinz von Jaworsky](https://cinepixo.com/people/heinz-von-jaworsky)
- **Editor:** [Gottfried Ritter](https://cinepixo.com/people/gottfried-ritter)

## Cast

- [Rudolf Fernau](https://cinepixo.com/people/rudolf-fernau)
- [Volker von Collande](https://cinepixo.com/people/volker-von-collande)
- [Josef Dahmen](https://cinepixo.com/people/josef-dahmen)
- [Ernst Karchow](https://cinepixo.com/people/ernst-karchow)
- [Carl Auen](https://cinepixo.com/people/carl-auen)
- [Hans Zesch-Ballot](https://cinepixo.com/people/hans-zesch-ballot)
- [Lída Baarová](https://cinepixo.com/people/lida-baarova)
- [Ewald Wenck](https://cinepixo.com/people/ewald-wenck)
- [Siegfried Schürenberg](https://cinepixo.com/people/siegfried-schurenberg)
- [Irene von Meyendorff](https://cinepixo.com/people/irene-von-meyendorff)
- [Carl Junge-Swinburne](https://cinepixo.com/people/carl-junge-swinburne)
- [Hellmuth Passarge](https://cinepixo.com/people/hellmuth-passarge)
- [Gisela von Collande](https://cinepixo.com/people/gisela-von-collande)
- [Willi Rose](https://cinepixo.com/people/willi-rose)
- [Heinz Welzel](https://cinepixo.com/people/heinz-welzel)

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