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Spione [ˈʃpi̯oːnə] (English title: Spies, under which title it was released in the United States) is a 1928 German silent espionage thriller directed by Fritz Lang and co-written with his wife, Thea von Harbou, who also wrote a novel of the same name, published a year later.
Dec 7, 2014 · In fact, Spione weaves together recurrent Lang themes of fate, fear, power and paranoia into a dynamic conspiracy thriller that taps into the underlying tensions of Weimar Germany and presents...
Spione is a 1928 German silent espionage thriller directed by Fritz Lang and co-written with his wife, Thea von Harbou, who also wrote a novel of the same name, published a year later. The film was Lang's penultimate silent film and the first for his own production company; Fritz Lang-Film GmbH.
Dec 4, 2014 · Spione (1928), too, despite its name (in English, “Spies”), is more a crime saga than a globetrotting, James Bond-style adventure. Lang cranks the archetypes way up, disposing of as much character and backstory as possible in the name of servicing his crackerjack plot and relentless thrills.
Aug 27, 2007 · Spione is Fritz Lang’s most joyous film; it partners sombre content with playful form to choreograph what Geoffrey O’Brien called “a quadrille of chaos” . In some ways it is Lang’s North by Northwest to his Metropolis ’ Vertigo .
The mastermind behind a ubiquitous spy operation learns of a dangerous romance between a Russian lady in his employ and a dashing agent from the government's secret service.
Apr 26, 2023 · With Spione, Lang gave espionage cinema its Rosetta Stone, a generative masterwork setting the template for the next hundred years, from Alfred Hitchcock thrillers to James Bond.
