The Adventures of Tartu
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The Adventures of Tartu | |
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Directed by | Harold S. Bucquet |
Produced by | Irving Asher |
Written by | John C. Higgins (short story) John Lee Mahin Howard Emmet Rogers Miles Malleson (uncredited) |
Starring | Robert Donat Valerie Hobson Walter Rilla Glynis Johns |
Release date(s) | October 1943 |
Running time | 111 minutes (UK) / 103 minutes (US) |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
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The Adventures of Tartu (British title: Sabotage Agent) is a 1943 World War II spy film starring Robert Donat.
[edit] Plot
British Captain Terence Stevenson (Robert Donat) is sent to Czechoslovakia disguised as Jan Tartu, a Romanian. He gets himself hired as a chemist in a Nazi poison gas factory. Working with the Czech underground, he sets about sabotaging his workplace.
[edit] Cast
- Robert Donat as Captain Terence Stevenson
- Valerie Hobson as Maruschka Lanova
- Walter Rilla as Inspector Otto Vogel
- Glynis Johns as Paula Palacek
- Phyllis Morris as Anna Palacek
[edit] External links
- The Adventures of Tartu at the Internet Movie Database
- New York Times review (requires login)