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A Mission for Mr. Dodd
Directed by Günter Gräwert [ de]
Written by
Based on Out of Bounds by Arthur Watkyn
Starring
Cinematography Erich Claunigk
Music by Franz Grothe
Production
company
Divina-Film
Distributed by Gloria Film
Release date
  • 14 February 1964 (1964-02-14)
Running time
98 minutes
CountryWest Germany
Language German

A Mission for Mr. Dodd ( German: Vorsicht Mister Dodd) is a 1964 West German comedy film directed by Günter Gräwert [ de] and starring Heinz Rühmann, Maria Sebaldt and Robert Graf. [1] It was shot at the Bavaria Studios in Munich. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Willy Schatz and Robert Stratil. It is based on the 1962 hit West End play Out of Bounds by Arthur Watkyn.

Synopsis

In order to penetrate a ring of East European agents who have been stealing military secrets, British intelligence recruits a headmaster who is the exact doppelganger of one of the foreign spies to take his place at a meeting. Soon he is deeply caught up in the dangerous game of espionage.

Cast

References

  1. ^ Bock & Bergfelder p.5

Bibliography

  • Bock, Hans-Michael & Bergfelder, Tim. The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopaedia of German Cinema. Berghahn Books, 2009.

External links


From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A Mission for Mr. Dodd
Directed by Günter Gräwert [ de]
Written by
Based on Out of Bounds by Arthur Watkyn
Starring
Cinematography Erich Claunigk
Music by Franz Grothe
Production
company
Divina-Film
Distributed by Gloria Film
Release date
  • 14 February 1964 (1964-02-14)
Running time
98 minutes
CountryWest Germany
Language German

A Mission for Mr. Dodd ( German: Vorsicht Mister Dodd) is a 1964 West German comedy film directed by Günter Gräwert [ de] and starring Heinz Rühmann, Maria Sebaldt and Robert Graf. [1] It was shot at the Bavaria Studios in Munich. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Willy Schatz and Robert Stratil. It is based on the 1962 hit West End play Out of Bounds by Arthur Watkyn.

Synopsis

In order to penetrate a ring of East European agents who have been stealing military secrets, British intelligence recruits a headmaster who is the exact doppelganger of one of the foreign spies to take his place at a meeting. Soon he is deeply caught up in the dangerous game of espionage.

Cast

References

  1. ^ Bock & Bergfelder p.5

Bibliography

  • Bock, Hans-Michael & Bergfelder, Tim. The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopaedia of German Cinema. Berghahn Books, 2009.

External links



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