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Colonel. Commands held. Evidenzbureau. Alfred Redl (14 March 1864 – 25 May 1913) was an Austro-Hungarian military officer who rose to head the Evidenzbureau, the counterintelligence wing of the General Staff of the Austro-Hungarian Army.
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Colonel Redl (German: Oberst Redl (original title); Hungarian: Redl ezredes) is a 1985 biographical drama film by Hungarian director István Szabó. The plot, set in the period before World War I , follows the rise of Alfred Redl , an officer in the Austro-Hungarian Empire .
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Sep 9, 2016 · Alfred Redl was a Austro-Hungarian spy who sold the Russians war plans and information for the invasion of Serbia in 1914. He was a contradictory figure who excelled in his military career and had a nihilistic life philosophy. He was arrested after the Sarajevo assassination and sentenced to death by a court-martial.
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Mar 10, 2024 · Alfred Redl (born March 14, 1864, Lemberg, Austria—died May 25, 1913, Vienna) chief of intelligence for the Austrian army from 1907 to 1912 and at the same time the chief spy for tsarist Russia in Austria.
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On 25 May 1913 Colonel Alfred Redl, the former head of Austria-Hungary’s military espionage, committed suicide in Vienna. As it turned out, Redl had betrayed Austria-Hungary’s spy-network in Russia and had sold sensitive information on war preparations to the Czar’s military intelligence.
Oct 13, 1985 · The Redl Affair had everything: sex, espionage, betrayal, a fall from greatness and a sensational climax in which Redl, repentant, with nobility now, went to his death like a figure of high...
He had occupied the post for almost a year, having taken over from Colonel Alfred Redl, who had been temporarily reassigned to active duties as Chief of Staff of the Eighth Army Corps in Prague. To continue reading this article you will need to purchase access to the online archive.