Qui êtes-vous, Monsieur Sorge? (1961)
Directed by Yves Ciampi

Drama / Biography
aka: Soviet Spy

Film Synopsis

From 1937 to 1941, Richard Sorge headed a spy network for the Soviet Union.  Information chief at the German Embassy in Tokyo, Sorge's agents included Hotsumi Ozaki, advisor to the Japanese Prime Minister Fumimaro Konoe.  His activities changed the course of WWII amd allowed the Soviets to prevent the fall of Stalingrad.  The network was dismantled shortly after Sorge sent his final message, announcing the attack on Peal Harbour by the Japanese...
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Film Credits

  • Director: Yves Ciampi
  • Script: Yves Ciampi, Tsutomu Sawamura, Hans-Otto Meissner (story)
  • Cinematographer: Toshio Ubukata, Emile Vilerbue
  • Music: Serge Nigg
  • Cast: Thomas Holtzmann (Richard Sorge), Mario Adorf (Max Klausen), Shinobu Asaji (Ozaki's wife), Nadine Basile (Anna Klausen), Jacques Berthier (Serge de Branowski), Boy Gobert (Meissinger), Kenji Hayashi (Yoshi), Keiko Kishi (Yuki Sakurai), Ryûji Kita (Konoe), Rolf Kutschera (General Wolf), Hans-Otto Meissner (Hans-Otto Meissner), Kôji Nanbara (Yotoku Miyagi), Masahiko Naruse (Baron Sakurai), Eitarô Ozawa (Fujimori), Ichirô Ryûzaki (Matsui), Adelheid Seeck (Helma Wolf), Shiro Shimazu (Taxi driver), Françoise Spira (Edith de Branowski), Ingrid van Bergen (Lilly Braun), Akira Yamauchi (Hidemi Ozaki)
  • Country: France / West Germany / Italy / Japan
  • Language: Japanese / French
  • Support: Black and White
  • Runtime: 129 min
  • Aka: Soviet Spy

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