While romancing a beautiful Russian countess, a captain in the Austrian intelligence service is assigned to capture "K-14", a clever spy who has so far managed to remain undetected. What the captain doesn't know is that he is actually closer to the spy than he realizes.


Is it worth your time? If you have a thing for black-and-white espionage yarns where everyone is constantly wearing formal wear and hiding secrets behind polite smiles, then yeah, watch this. If you need explosions or modern pacing, skip it. You’ll just spend the whole runtime checking your phone. There is this one mo...

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Comparing the cinematic DNA and archive impact of two defining moments in cult history.

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"Is it worth your time? If you have a thing for black-and-white espionage yarns where everyone is constantly wearing formal wear and hiding secrets behind polite smiles, then yeah, watch this. If you need explosions or modern pacing, skip it. You’ll just spend the whole runtime checking your phone. There is this one moment about halfway through where the lighting shifts just enough to make Constance Bennett look like she’s holding the entire plot together with her eyebrows. It’s brilliant. She h..."
Paul Weigel
Jane Murfin, Albert S. Le Vino, Worthington Miner, Robert Benchley
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