Secret Agent

Secret Agent

1947 · 88 min · ★ 5.6 · Thriller, War

Soviet agent Fedotov is air-dropped into Nazi occupied land. He changes over into Mr. Ekhert, a German entrepreneur wishing to take advantage of eastern worker slave labor in occupied Ukraine. Ekhert (Fedotov) enters into a partnership with a German entrepreneur who's son, Willie, is a high ranking Nazi. Together they go to Vinnitsa, Ukraine and start a factory. Fedotov begins seeking contacts with headquarters, but faces problems when a Ukrainian Nazi collaborator manages to infiltrate the Soviet partisans.

Directed by Boris Barnet · Written by Mikhail Bleiman

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Pavel Kadochnikov Mayor Alexei Fedotov
Amvrosii Buchma Grigory Leshchuk
Viktor Dobrovolsky Vadim - secret service chief
Sergei Martinson Willi Pommer
Boris Barnet Gen. von Kühn
Pyotr Arzhanov Karpovski aka Stübing
Mikhail Romanov Erich von Rummelsburg
Dmytro Milyutenko Berezhnoy
Yelena Izmailova Teresa Gruber
Sergey Petrov Astakhov
Viktor Khalatov Friedrich Pommer
Gennadiy Nilov

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