The River Line (1964)
France 1944: American pilot Philip Sturgess is shot down but found by a resistance group. In the neighborhood Sturgess meets another American and shortly thereafter the British Major Barton, called “Reiher”. He claims to have fled a German prison camp. Shortly before leaving for Spain to escape the Nazis, Sturgess discovers that Barton has written a letter to Germany. This confirms the suspicion that he could be a German spy…
Director:
Rudolf Jugert
Writer:
Herbert Reinecker
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Peter van Eyck as Der Reiher |
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Marie Versini as Marie |
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Walter Rilla as Pierre, Maries Vater |
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Fritz Wepper as Philip |
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Elfriede Kuzmany as Madame Claire |
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Gernot Duda as |
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Dany Mann as Madame Claires Tochter |
| Directing | Rudolf Jugert | Director |
| Writing | Herbert Reinecker | Screenplay |
| Art | Wolf Englert | Production Design |
| Editing | Heidi Genée | Editor |
| Camera | Wolf Wirth | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Charles Morgan | Novel |
| Sound | Rolf A. Wilhelm | Original Music Composer |