Espionage (1955 film)

Espionage
Directed by	Franz Antel
Written by	Alexander Lernet-Holenia Kurt Nachmann
Produced by	Franz Hoffmann Erich von Neusser
Starring	Ewald Balser Barbara Rütting Gerhard Riedmann
Cinematography	Hanns Matula Hans Heinz Theyer
Edited by	Arnfried Heyne
Music by	Willy Schmidt-Gentner
Production companies	Hope Film Neusser-Film
Distributed by	Sascha Film UFA (W. Germany)
Release date	18 April 1955 (1955-04-18)
Running time	100 minutes
Country	Austria
Language	German

Espionage (German: Spionage) is a 1955 Austrian historical spy drama film directed by Franz Antel and starring Ewald Balser, Barbara Rütting and Gerhard Riedmann.^[1] It was shot at the Sievering Studios and on location in Vienna. The film's sets were designed by the art director Felix Smetana. It was based on the real story of Alfred Redl, an officer serving with Austrian Military Intelligence who was also secretly spying for the hostile Russian Empire before the First World War.