Secret Archives on Elbe (1963)
Geheimarchiv an der Elbe
The World War II. 1944. Nazis staged a cache which stores archival documents of its agents, rescued from the east during the retreat, near a small German town Ostburga.
- Date of release
- 1963-04-12
- TMDB
- 9.0 / 10 (1)
- Runtime
- 1h 34m
- Genres
- Adventure, War
- Director
- Kurt Jung-Alsen
Casting
- Hans-Peter Minetti — Major Kerimow
- Albert Hetterle — Oberst Rybin
- Günther Simon — SS-Gruppenführer Upitz
- Hans-Joachim Martens — Standartenführer Bolm
- Johannes Arpe — Kümetz
- Helga Göring — seine Frau
- Günther Haack
- Alfred Struwe
- Rudolf Ulrich
- Horst Kube — Wiesbach
- Erich Brauer — Otto Vilken
Interesting facts
Geheimarchiv an der Elbe is an East German war film set in the last days of World War II in Europe and directed by Kurt Jung-Alsen. It stars Hans-Peter Minetti, Albert Hetterle and Günther Simon. Based on a novel by Alexander Nassibow Drehbuch, it was released in 1963. The film follows the exploits of a Soviet communist officer, Major Kerimov (Minetti), who is sent to recover a Secret Archive from the Nazis. The film was Jung-Alsen's last film for DEFA.
Production
The film was shot by cinematographer Peter Krause, with a screenplay by Peter Brock. The film score was composed by André Asriel.
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