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On the face of it, this is just another wartime espionage story where the ending is never really in any doubt. Actually, though, the plot is a bit more interesting. Set during WWI, Margaret Lindsay ("Helene von Lorbeer") is sent to London, to the home of Cabinet Minister "Arthur…
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British Intelligence
“Although the home of cabinet minister Arthur Bennett is a hotbed of spies, moles, and double agents, no one knows the true identity of notorious German spymaster Strendler.”
58%
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1h 1m
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British Intelligence (1939) — AI movie analysis
WatchMind AI generated this AI analysis of British Intelligence (1939) — a movie tagged as War and Drama with epic moods and fast-paced pacing.
Story & themes: During WWI pretty German master spy Helene von Lorbeer is sent undercover to London to live with the family of a high-placed British official where she is to rendezvous with the butler Valdar, also a spy, and help him transmit secret war plans back to Germany. Our models also surface themes such as identity, family, and war from synopsis and genre signals.
Watch context: Best suited for general audiences. Expect fast-paced storytelling (~61 min).
Community signal: TMDb members rate British Intelligence 58% (26 votes) — mixed but watchable scores for this movie.
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Synopsis
During WWI pretty German master spy Helene von Lorbeer is sent undercover to London to live with the family of a high-placed British official where she is to rendezvous with the butler Valdar, also a spy, and help him transmit secret war plans back to Germany.
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- Movie
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- 1939-11-10
- Runtime
- 1h 1m
- TMDB rating
- 5.8
- TMDB ID
- 51787
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During WWI pretty German master spy Helene von Lorbeer is sent undercover to London to live with the family of a high-placed British official where she is to rendezvous with the butler Valdar, also... This is the official synopsis available via TMDb community metadata.
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Directors & writers
Cast
Boris Karloff
Valdar
Margaret Lindsay
Helene von Lorbeer
Bruce Lester
Frank Bennett
Leonard Mudie
James Yeats
Holmes Herbert
Arthur Bennett
- A
Austin Fairman
George Bennett
William Bailey
British Intelligence Agent
Louise Brien
Miss Risdon - Bennett's Secretary
Glen Cavender
Under Officer Pfalz
- D
David Cavendish
Capt. Lanark
Joe De Stefani
German Officer
- C
Carlos De Valdez
Von Ritter
- C
Clarence Derwent
Milkman
- A
Arno Frey
German Junior Officer
- F
Frederick Giermann
Otto Kurtz
Lawrence Grant
Brigadier General
Carl Harbaugh
German Soldier
- S
Sam Harris
Cabinet Minister
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On the face of it, this is just another wartime espionage story where the ending is never really in any doubt. Actually, though, the plot is a bit more interesting. Set during WWI, Margaret Lindsay ("Helene von Lorbeer") is sent to London, to the home of Cabinet Minister "Arthur Bennett" (Holmes Herbert), where she is to rendezvous with his already treacherous butler "Valdar" (Boris Karloff). Once there, we embark on the usual round of who to trust/not to trust storylines as they try to get hold of secret war plans. What stands it out a bit is that is has a certain propheticism about it: it isn't so much telling us the tale set in 1917, but one of the likely pitfalls of megalomania and unbridled ambition in the future; clearly a reference to events looming in 1940 when this was released. It's watchable enough, the small cast is tightly knitted and perform well; the writing does it's job fine and Terry Morse kept me interested for an hour.
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