Attack on Baku explained

Attack on Baku
Director:Fritz Kirchhoff
Producer:Hans Weidemann
Cinematography:Robert Baberske
Editing:Erich Kobler
Music:Alois Melichar
Studio:UFA
Distributor:UFA
Runtime:91 minutes
Country:Germany
Language:German

Attack on Baku (German: '''Anschlag auf Baku''') is a 1942 German thriller film directed by Fritz Kirchhoff and starring Willy Fritsch, René Deltgen, and Fritz Kampers. The film was intended as anti-British propaganda during the Second World War. It is noted for its set designs by Otto Hunte, who showed a fascination for modern technology in his depiction of the oil town. The film was shot on location in German-allied Romania, and at Babelsberg Studio in Berlin.

Synopsis

Azerbaijan, 1919. The British hope to secure control of the vast oil fields around Baku by launching a series of terrorist attacks on them. Hans Romberg, a German who is working as a security officer, battles with the British chief agent Captain Forbes and his associates.

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