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An American woman of Irish and Jewish-German parentage goes undercover in Nazi Germany.

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Ed Leland
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Linda Voss
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Franze-Otto Dietrich
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Margrete Von Eberstien
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Sunflower
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Andrew Berringer
Patrick Winczewski ...
Fishmonger
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Dietrich's Son
Victoria Shalet ...
Dietrich's Daughter
Sheila Allen ...
Olga Leiner, Margrete's Mother
Stanley Beard ...
Linda's Father
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Linda's Mother
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Horst Drescher
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Hedda Drescher
Peter Flechtner ...
S.S. Officer at Fish Market
Alexander Hauff ...
S.S. Officer at Fish Market
Claus Plankers ...
S.S. Officer at Fish Market
Renate Cyll ...
Woman in Fish Market
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Street Agitator
Lorinne Vozoff ...
Personnel Director
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Von Haefler (as Mathieu Carriere)
Deirdre Harrison ...
USO Singer
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Border Commandant
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Male Translator
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Kernohan
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1st G.I. in Canteen
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2nd G.I. in Canteen
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Girl in Canteen
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Wisecracker in War Room
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Man at Zurich Station
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Cab Driver (as Klaus Munster)
Markus Napier ...
S.S. Officer
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Stayson Von Neest
Martin Hoppe ...
German Soldier
Fritz Eggert ...
German Soldier
Ludwig Haas ...
Hitler
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BBC Interviewer (as Clement Von Franckenstein)
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Leland's New Secretary
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Truck Driver (as Hans Martin Stier)
Wolfgang Heger ...
Bus Conductor, Kinderstrasse
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Man at Kinderstrasse
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Babysitter
Lutz Weillich ...
Train Station Guard
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Bus Conductor (as Wolfgang W. Muller)
Markus Kissling ...
Swiss Border Guard
Anna Tzelniker ...
Cleaning Woman
Andrzej Borkowski ...
German Refugee (as Andrzej Borkowdki)
Simon De Deney ...
S.S. Man
Tusse Silberg ...
Woman Dinner Guest at Drescher's
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Woman Dinner Guest at Drescher's
Janis Martin ...
Opera Singer
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
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Cook (uncredited)
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Brunette at dance (uncredited)
Steve Emerson ...
Baker (Runover) (uncredited)
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German girl (uncredited)
Wickham Irwin ...
Tv clapper / loader (uncredited)
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Jock (uncredited)
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Women's Air Force 'WAF' Dancer (uncredited)
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Vocal Effects (uncredited)

Directed by

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David Seltzer

Written by

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Susan Isaacs ... (novel)
 
David Seltzer ... (screenplay)

Produced by

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Carol Baum ... producer
Sandy Gallin ... executive producer
Howard Rosenman ... producer
David Seltzer ... executive producer
Nigel Wooll ... co-producer

Music by

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Michael Kamen

Cinematography by

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Jan de Bont ... director of photography (as Jan De Bont)

Editing by

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Craig McKay

Editorial Department

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Scott Bokun ... apprentice editor
Gary Burritt ... negative matcher
Marc Cohen ... apprentice editor
Jennifer Davidoff Cook ... apprentice editor (as Jennifer A. Davidoff)
Nigel Cox-Hagan ... apprentice editor
Donnamarie Hock ... second assistant editor
Kelly Irvine ... second assistant editor
Andrew MacRitchie ... second assistant editor
Dennis McNeill ... color timer
Colleen Sharp ... associate editor
Paul Topping ... apprentice editor
Behruz Torbati ... apprentice editor
Debra C. Victoroff ... first assistant editor
Karen Zweig ... editing room intern

Casting By

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Mary Gail Artz
Barbara Cohen
Simone Reynolds

Production Design by

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Anthony Pratt

Art Direction by

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Desmond Crowe
Kevin Phipps

Set Decoration by

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Peter Howitt

Costume Design by

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Marit Allen

Makeup Department

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Elaine Bowerbank ... assistant hair stylist
John Caglione Jr. ... character aging makeup: Mr. Douglas / character aging makeup: Ms. Griffith
Tricia Cameron ... hair department head
Naomi Donne ... makeup department head
Doug Drexler ... character aging makeup: Mr. Douglas / character aging makeup: Ms. Griffith
Victor Leitenbauer ... hair stylist: Germany / makeup artist: Germany
Medusah ... hair stylist: Ms. Griffith
Marianne Müller ... hair stylist: Germany (as Marianne Muller) / makeup artist: Germany (as Marianne Muller)
Valli O'Reilly ... makeup artist: Ms. Griffith
Norma Webb ... assistant makeup artist
Axel Zornow ... hair stylist: Germany / makeup artist: Germany
Jake Garber ... special makeup effects artist (uncredited)

Production Management

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JoAnn M. Laub ... post-production supervisor
Denise O'Dell ... production supervisor
Arno Ortmair ... production supervisor: Austria
Kathy Sykes ... production manager
Ingrid Windisch ... production supervisor: Germany
Jeanne Van Cott ... executive production manager (uncredited)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Jan Sebastian Ballhaus ... third assistant director: Germany
Stefan Diepenbrock ... second assistant director: Germany
Sabine Eckhard ... second assistant director: Austria
Don French ... first assistant director
Steve Harding ... assistant director: second unit
Ian Hickinbotham ... second assistant director
Peter MacDonald ... second unit director
Golli Marboe ... second assistant director: Austria
Steve Millson ... third assistant director
Susanne Schläpfer ... second assistant director: Germany
Julian Wall ... second assistant director (uncredited)

Art Department

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Terry Apsey ... construction manager
Celia Barnett ... art department researcher
Bruce Bigg ... property master
Peter Bigg ... dressing props
Colin Burgess ... stand-by propman
Graham Caulfield ... supervising draper
Bill Dady ... stand-by stagehand
Stephen Dobric ... draughtsman (as Steven Dobric)
Martin Dörfler ... art director: Austria (as Martin Dorfler)
Judy Farr ... buyer
Michael Fechner ... property master: Germany
Fritz Hollergschwandtner ... construction chief: Austria
Rudolf Hummel ... property assistant: Austria (as Rudolph Hummel) / property buyer: Austria (as Rudolph Hummel)
Danny Hunter ... chargehand stand-by propman
Derek Ixer ... dressing props
Michael King ... construction buyer
Martin Kingsley ... dressing props
Albrecht Konrad ... art director: Germany (as Konrad Albrecht)
Renate Korn ... assistant art director: Austria / set dresser: Austria
Steven Lawrence ... draughtsman
John Mcgregor ... supervising carpenter (as John McGregor)
John New ... head carpenter
Ron Newvell ... head rigger
Werner Otto ... property buyer: Austria / property master: Austria
Jeff Reid ... stand-by carpenter
Reg Richards ... supervising carpenter (as Reginald Richards)
Ray Rose ... chargehand propman / chargehand storeman
Peter Russell ... draughtsman
Olaf Schiefner ... set dresser: Germany
James Stachini ... head stagehand
Adrian Start ... head painter
Don Taylor ... head plasterer
Melissa Taylor ... art department runner
Michael Tonke ... property buyer: Germany
Bradley Torbett ... dressing props
Kevin Wheeler ... dressing props
Gill Andrae-Reid ... portrait artist (uncredited)
Paul Duff ... carpenter (uncredited)
Steve Furneaux ... carpenter (uncredited)
Emma Harrison ... scenic artist (uncredited)
Robin Heinson ... stand-by painter (uncredited)
Philipp Hübner ... carpenter (uncredited)
Marcus Preussing ... carpenter (uncredited)

Sound Department

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Don Banks ... boom operator
Ron Bochar ... sound designer
Patricia Bowers ... adr editor (as Trissy Bowers)
Kam Chan ... assistant sound editor
Bob Chefalas ... additional sound re-recording mixer
Laura Civiello ... dialogue editor
Marko A. Costanzo ... foley artist (as Marko Constanzo)
Dan Edelstein ... assistant adr editor
Chris Fielder ... assistant sound editor
Tom Fleischman ... re-recording mixer
Chris Houghton ... apprentice sound editor
Kristen M. Johnson ... adr apprentice editor (as Kristen Johnson)
Frank Kern ... foley editor
Hal Levinsohn ... adr editor
Stuart Levy ... assistant sound editor
David Motta ... sound maintenance
Douglas Murray ... sound re-recordist
Eliza Paley ... foley editor
Bruce Pross ... foley supervisor
Fred Rosenberg ... dialogue editor
Ivan Sharrock ... sound mixer
Sean Squires ... sound re-recordist
Jeffrey Stern ... dialogue editor
Steven Visscher ... foley editor
Deborah Wallach ... supervising adr editor

Special Effects by

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Richard Conway ... special effects supervisor
Bob Hollow ... special effects foreman
Richard Richtsfeld ... effects man: Austria
Adolf Wojtinek ... special effects assistant: Germany
Dave Eltham ... special effects technician (uncredited)
Michael Luppino ... armourer assistant (uncredited)

Visual Effects by

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Janos Pilenyi ... optical effects supervisor (as Janos O. Pilenyi)

Stunts

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Helen Caldwell ... stunts
Tom Delmar ... stunts (as Tom Delmare)
Steve Emerson ... stunts
Sarah Franzl ... stunts
Gerd Grzesczak ... stunts
Udo Harnach ... stunt performer
Paul Heasman ... stunts
Sy Hollands ... stunts (as Sy Holland)
Eddie Kidd ... stunts
Tim Lawrence ... stunts (as Timothy Lawrence)
Sean McCabe ... stunts
Greg Powell ... stunt coordinator
Wojtek Prygel ... stunts (as Wojtek Prygiel)
Lee Sheward ... stunts
Tip Tipping ... stunts (as Timothy 'Tip' Tipping)

Camera and Electrical Department

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Mike Bartlett ... steadicam operator
Fred Brown ... electrician
John Campbell ... camera operator: second unit, Germany
Terry Chapman ... key grip
Peter De Bont ... camera operator
Chuck Finch ... gaffer
Alan Grosch ... generator operator
Graham Hall ... clapper loader
Keith Hamshere ... still photographer
Bill Henshaw ... standby rigger
Simon Hume ... focus puller
Billy Merrell ... best boy
Carlos Melville ... electrician (uncredited)

Casting Department

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Risa Kes ... casting: Germany
Marlie Pumperla ... crowd casting: Germany (as Marlies Pumperla)
Julia Steinweg ... crowd casting: Germany

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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Rosemary Burrows ... costume supervisor
Maria Dimler ... wardrobe mistress: Germany
Constanze Donath ... wardrobe mistress: Germany
Alan Flyng ... wardrobe master
Juschka Friedemann ... wardrobe mistress
Jenny Hawkins ... wardrobe mistress
Philip Rainforth ... wardrobe master: military wardrobe
Emily Seresin ... assistant costume designer
Claire Smith ... wardrobe mistress
Claudia Szonnell ... wardrobe mistress: Germany
Ingrid Weiss ... wardrobe mistress: Germany
Pat Williamson ... dresser: Ms. Griffith
Peter Edmonds ... wardrobe assistant (uncredited)

Location Management

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Arie Bohrer ... unit location manager: Austria
Richard Dunmore ... location manager
Nicole Haevecker ... assistant location manager: Germany
Andy Lang ... assistant location manager: Austria
Karl-Martin Lötsch ... assistant location manager: Germany (as Karl-Martin Lutsch)
Rachel Neale ... location manager
Gunther Ross ... unit location manager: Germany
Heinz Werner Schneider ... location manager: Germany (as Heinz Werner)
Barbara von Wrangell ... unit location manager: Germany
Chris Wheeldon ... location manager

Music Department

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Arnold Black ... orchestrator
Christopher Brooks ... music coordinator
Vince Caro ... scoring crew (as Vincent Caro) / scoring crew
Emile Charlap ... musicians' contractor
Joseph S. DeBeasi ... supervising music editor (as Joseph S. Debeasi)
Homer Denison ... orchestrator
Nick Ingman ... orchestrator
Pierre Kahn ... assistant music editor
Michael Kamen ... orchestrator
Sonny Kompanek ... orchestrator
Major Little ... scoring crew
Stephen McLaughlin ... music recordist
Patrick Mullins ... additional music editor
Albert Lloyd Olson ... orchestrator (as Albert Olson)
Sandy Palmer ... scoring crew
Jonathan Sacks ... orchestrator
Edward Shearmur ... orchestrator (as Ed Shearmur)
Danny Troob ... orchestrator
Tom Boyd ... oboe soloist (uncredited)
Birch Johnson ... musician: trombone (uncredited)
Michael Kamen ... conductor (uncredited) / music producer (uncredited)
Stephen McLaughlin ... music mixer (uncredited)
John Moses ... musician: clarinetist (uncredited)
William Ross ... orchestrator (uncredited)

Script and Continuity Department

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Sally Jones ... script supervisor
Beverly Winston ... script supervisor (uncredited)

Transportation Department

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Roy Clarke ... unit driver
Chris Evert ... transportation coordinator: Germany
Detlef Krejci ... transportation captain: Austria (as Krejci Detlef)
Dave Manning ... unit driver
Gerhard Schluger ... driver: Austria
Billy Turner ... unit driver
Mark White ... transportation (as white trux/chalky)
Axel Hübner ... production driver (uncredited)

Additional Crew

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Sally Arbiter ... assistant: Mr. Wooll
Will Baum ... production assistant: Germany
Christoph Bicker ... accountant: Germany
Gary Bunn ... production assistant
May Capsaski ... production coordinator: Austria (as May Capsakis)
Diane Christian ... assistant accountant
Carl Duering ... dialogue coach
Esther Eimerl ... assistant accountant: Germany
Laura Fox ... production secretary
Jenny Geddes ... assistant: Mr. Seltzer, Europe
Brian Gibbs ... production accountant
Deborah Harding ... production coordinator
Tarn Harper ... assistant production accountant
Robb Hastigan ... post-production auditor
Lin Hempling ... assistant: Ms. Baum and Ms. Rosenman
Laura Hintelmann ... production associate
Bernard Jaffe ... language advisor: German
Irma Jaffe ... language advisor: German
Deborah Leakey ... assistant production accountant (as Debbie Leakey)
George Marshall ... production accountant
Carol McQuillan ... assistant accountant
Kati Meister ... supervisor: film research
Karin C. Müller ... production secretary (as Karin C. Muller)
Andrea Ortmair ... production assistant: Austria
Hannes Patry ... cashier: Austria
Rosie Piggott ... assistant: Mr. Wooll
Helga Ploiner ... production accountant: Austria (as Helga Ploiner-Patry)
Reid Rosefelt ... publicist
Gabi Scheiger ... production coordinator: Germany (as Gabriele Scheiger)
Gerhard Schluger ... production runner: Austria
Jon Shestack ... development executive: Sandollar (as Jonathan Shestack)
Amanda Stevens ... production runner
Lee Tucker ... preview supervisor
Sue Wall ... assistant production accountant
Paul Killick ... choreographer (uncredited)
Gerd Nefzer ... weapons (uncredited)
Suzanne Rose ... production assistant (uncredited)
Jon Sperry ... dialect coach (uncredited)
Eric C. Wood ... assistant to production supervisor: Germany (uncredited)

Thanks

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John Horton ... special thanks (as John E. Horton)
Raymond G. Smith ... special thanks
Scott Thaler ... special thanks
Crew believed to be complete

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Storyline

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Plot Summary

In 1940, Linda Voss is a woman of Irish and Jewish-German parentage who loves the movies, especially films about war and spies. She gets a job at a New York law firm after it's revealed she can speak German fluently. As secretary and translator to Ed Leland, she begins to suspect that her boss is involved in espionage work. The two become lovers, and when America officially joins the Allies in fighting Hitler, Linda volunteers to go undercover behind enemy lines. Written by L. Hamre

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Taglines He needed to trust her with his secret. She had to trust him with her life. See more »
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Also Known As
  • Une lueur dans la nuit (France)
  • Wie ein Licht in dunkler Nacht (Germany)
  • Resplandor en la oscuridad (Spain)
  • 爱在战火蔓延时 (China, Mandarin title)
  • Lampsi sto skotadi (Greece)
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Runtime
  • 132 min
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Box Office

Cumulative Worldwide Gross $43,938,238

Did You Know?

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Trivia A $500,000 building was erected in Berlin to be blown up during an action scene. No cameras were rolling when it did so. See more »
Goofs When Linda references The Fighting 69th (1940) she states that it stars Cary Grant and Brenda Marshall, but neither one appears in it. See more »
Movie Connections Featured in Freejack/Until the End of the World/Juice/The Hand That Rocks the Cradle (1992). See more »
Soundtracks Goodbye Dear, I'll Be Back In A Year See more »
Quotes Ed Leland: What I was going to ask you to do is stand up, turn around, and close your eyes and tell me everything you see in the room. It's an observation test. Do you really have a problem with that?
Linda Voss: Pictures of sailboats and polo ponies; fancy books and diplomas; stuffed fish on the wall; calendar set to the wrong date; bookcases that need dusting; carpets that need cleaning; and a couple of guys from Harvard who are surprised that a girl who needs a job won't be treated like a slave.
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