The Adventures of Tartu

The Adventures of Tartu

A Beautiful Girl! A Dangerous Mission!

1943 · 91 min · ★ 6.2 · Romance, War

British Captain Terence Stevenson accepts an assignment even more dangerous than his everyday job of defusing undetonated bombs. Fluent in Romanian and German and having studied chemical engineering, he's parachuted into Romania to assume the identity of Captain Jan Tartu, a member of the fascist Iron Guard. Tartu makes his way to Czechoslovakia to steal the formula of a new Nazi poison gas and sabotage the factory of its manufacturing.

Directed by Harold S. Bucquet · Written by John Lee Mahin

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Robert Donat Captain Terence Stevenson, aka Jan Tartu
Valerie Hobson Maruschuka Lanova
Walter Rilla Inspector Otto Vogel
Glynis Johns Paula Palacek
Phyllis Morris Anna Palacek
Martin Miller Doctor Novotny
Anthony Eustrel German MP Officar
Percy Walsh Dr. Willendorf

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