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The Counterfeit Traitor is a 1962 espionage thriller film starring William Holden, Hugh Griffith, and Lilli Palmer. Holden plays an American-born Swedish citizen who is forced to spy on the Nazis in World War II. It was based on a nonfiction book of the same name by Alexander Klein. The film was directed by George Seaton.




Plot


Erickson (Holden) is an American-born Swedish oil man who is pressured by Allied intelligence agents, led by a British agent (Griffith), to spy for the Allies. Erickson begins his job reluctantly, as it causes marital discord and forces him to pose as a Nazi. He agrees because otherwise his business would be destroyed by the Allies, but over time, realizes it is the right thing to do. Besides, Griffith recorded the meeting,
He is influenced in making this moral decision by one of his contacts in Germany, a religious woman (Lilli Palmer) who gives him guidance on the meaning of life and right and wrong. Erickson has a number of close calls, but eventually escapes to Sweden in a harrowing sea voyage.




Cast


William Holden - Eric Erickson
Lilli Palmer - Frau Marianne Möllendorf
Hugh Griffith - Collins
Carl Raddatz - Otto Holtz
Ulf Palme - Max Gumpel
Ernst Schröder - Baron Gerhard von Oldenburg
Charles Régnier - Wilhelm Kortner
Ingrid van Bergen - Hulda Windler
Helo Gutschwager - Hans Holtz
Wolfgang Preiss - Colonel Nordoff
Werner Peters - Bruno Ulrich
Erica Beer - Klara Holtz
Stefan Schnabel - Gestapo agent at funeral
Klaus Kinski - Kindler, Jewish Refugee
Jochen Blume - Dr. Jacob Karp
Erik Schumann - Nazi Gunboat Officer
Dirk Hansen - Lieutenant Nagler
Poul Reichhardt - Fishing Boat Skipper
Ludwig Naybert - Stationmaster
Louis Miehe-Renard - Poul
Kai Holm - Gunnar
Jens Østerholm - Lars
Eva Dahlbeck - Ingrid Erickson




See also


List of American films of 1962
Eric Erickson, the real-life spy on whom the book and film are based




References






External links


The Counterfeit Traitor at the TCM Movie Database
The Counterfeit Traitor at IMDb

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Ingrid van Bergen
• George Seaton
• Werner Peters
• William Holden
• Reinhard Kolldehoff
• Daftar film Paramount Pictures (1960–1969)
• Paramount Pictures
• The Counterfeit Traitor
• William Holden
• Lilli Palmer
• Klaus Kinski
• Ingrid van Bergen
• Günter Meisner
• George Seaton
• Eric Erickson (spy)
• Klaus Kinski filmography and discography
• John Banner