Spies

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German film espionage film film silent film thriller film

Spies is a 1928 German silent espionage thriller film directed by Fritz Lang, renowned for its intricate plotting, innovative visual style, and influence on the spy genre.

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Label Occurrences
Spies canonical 5
Spione 2
Spione (1928 film) 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf German film ⓘ
espionage film ⓘ
film ⓘ
silent film ⓘ
thriller film ⓘ
artDirector Erich Kettelhut NERFINISHED ⓘ
Karl Vollbrecht NERFINISHED ⓘ
Otto Hunte ⓘ
basedOnWorkBy Thea von Harbou ⓘ
character Agent 326 ⓘ
Haghi ⓘ
Sonja Baranilkowa ⓘ
cinematographer Fritz Arno Wagner ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Germany ⓘ
director Fritz Lang ⓘ
distributor UFA ⓘ
filmmakingInnovation complex cross-cutting ⓘ
multi-layered narrative structure ⓘ
use of miniatures and models ⓘ
filmMovement German Expressionist cinema ⓘ
surface form: German Expressionism
followsWork Metropolis ⓘ
format black-and-white ⓘ
genre espionage ⓘ
silent film ⓘ
thriller ⓘ
hasTheme double agents ⓘ
international espionage ⓘ
surveillance ⓘ
technological modernity ⓘ
influenced Alfred Hitchcock spy thrillers ⓘ
James Bond (film) ⓘ
surface form: James Bond film series

spy film genre ⓘ
language German ⓘ
musicBy Willy Schmidt-Gentner ⓘ
notableFor innovative visual style ⓘ
intricate plotting ⓘ
originalTitle Spies self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Spione
productionCompany Fritz Lang ⓘ
surface form: Fritz Lang-Film
productionEra Weimar Republic ⓘ
releaseDate 1928-03-22 ⓘ
releaseYear 1928 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 145 ⓘ
screenwriter Thea von Harbou ⓘ
setInPeriod interwar period ⓘ
starredActor Fritz Rasp ⓘ
Gerda Maurus ⓘ
Lupu Pick ⓘ
Rudolf Klein-Rogge ⓘ
Willy Fritsch ⓘ
title Spies self-link ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Fritz Lang → notableWork → Spies ⓘ
Fritz Lang → directed → Spies ⓘ
Spies → title → Spies self-link ⓘ
Spies → originalTitle → Spies self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Spione
Thea von Harbou → wrote → Spies ⓘ
this entity surface form: Spione
Thea von Harbou → coWroteScreenplayFor → Spies ⓘ
this entity surface form: Spione (1928 film)
Parachutes → hasTrack → Spies ⓘ
Friedrich Christian Anton Lang → notableWork → Spies ⓘ
subject surface form: Fritz Lang