''Attack on Baku'' () is a 1942 German

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directed by Fritz Kirchhoff and starring Willy Fritsch,

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, and Fritz Kampers. The film was intended as anti-British propaganda during the

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. It is noted for its

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s by

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, who showed a fascination for modern technology in his depiction of the oil town. The film was shot on location in German-allied

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, and at

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, 1919. The British hope to secure control of the vast oil fields around

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by launching a series of

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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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* 1942 films Films of Nazi Germany 1940s thriller films German thriller films 1940s German-language films Films directed by Fritz Kirchhoff Films set in Baku Films set in 1919 Nazi propaganda films Russian Civil War films Films about petroleum German black-and-white films Films shot at Babelsberg Studios UFA GmbH films Films shot in Romania 1940s German films Films scored by Alois Melichar Nazi-era films restricted in Germany {{1940s-thriller-film-stub