''People in the Net'' (german: Menschen im Netz), also known as ''Unwilling Agent'', is a 1959 West German

Cold War The Cold War is a term commonly used to refer to a period of geopolitical tension between the United States and the Soviet Union and their respective allies, the Western Bloc and the Eastern Bloc. The term '' cold war'' is used because the ...

spy film directed by

Franz Peter Wirth Franz Peter Wirth (22 September 1919 in Munich – 17 October 1999 in Berg, Upper Bavaria) was a German film director and screenwriter. His film '' Helden'' was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 1958. Selected fi ...

and starring

Hansjörg Felmy Hansjörg Felmy (born Hans-Jörg Hellmuth Felmy; 31 January 1931 – 24 August 2007) was a German actor. He appeared in 50 films and television shows between 1957 and 1995. Films like ''Der Stern von Afrika'' and ''Wir Wunderkinder'' made hi ...

Johanna von Koczian Johanna von Koczian (, née von Kóczián-Miskolczy, born 30 October 1933) is a German actress. She grew up in Salzburg, Austria, where actor Gustaf Gründgens offered her a role at the Salzburg Festival. She later portrayed Anne Frank at the Sch ...

and

Hannes Messemer Hannes Messemer (17 May 1924 – 2 November 1991) was a German actor from Dillingen an der Donau, Bavaria. Biography World War II Messemer served on the Eastern Front of World War II and was eventually captured by Soviet soldiers. He ...

.Bock & Bergfelder p. 306 The film's sets were designed by the

art director Art director is the title for a variety of similar job functions in theater, advertising, marketing, publishing, fashion, film industry, film and television, the Internet, and video games. It is the charge of a sole art director to supervise and ...

Franz Bi Franz Bi (2 April 1899 – 25 December 1968) was a German art director.Giesen p.197 He worked on the set design of more than forty films during his career, often in collaboration with Bruno Monden. Selected filmography * ''The Rainer Case'' (1942 ...

and

Max Seefelder Max Seefelder (1897–1970) was a German art director.Drewniak p.40 He designed the sets for around 80 films during his career. Selected filmography * '' The Tunnel'' (1933) * ''The Master Detective'' (1933) * '' Inheritance in Pretoria'' (1934) ...

. It was shot at the

Bavaria Studios Bavaria Studios are film production studios located in Munich, the capital of the region of Bavaria in Germany, and a subsidiary of Bavaria Film. History The studios were constructed in the suburb of Geiselgasteig in 1919 shortly after the Firs ...

in Munich.

Cast

as Klaus Martens *

as Gitta Martens *

as Braun *

Ingeborg Schöner Ingeborg Schöner is a German film and television actress. Selected filmography * ''The Silent Angel'' (1954) * '' The Dark Star'' (1955) * '' The Captain and His Hero'' (1955) * '' The First Day of Spring'' (1956) * ''King in Shadow'' (1957) ...

as Marianne Gardella *

Rosel Schäfer Rosel may refer to: People * August Johann Rösel von Rosenhof (1705–1759), German miniature painter and naturalist * Carlos Rosel (born 1995), Mexican football player * Peter Rösel (born 1945), German concert pianist * Rosel George Brown (192 ...

as Daisy Winter * Hanns Lothar as Stefan * Gernot Duda as Janos * Klaus Havenstein as Beamter * Peter Lühr as Dr. Becker * Walter Sedlmayr *

Willy Semmelrogge Willy Semmelrogge (15 March 1923 – 10 April 1984) was a German actor. He appeared in 65 films and television shows between 1957 and 1984. Partial filmography * ''People in the Net'' (1959) as Lauer * ''Manhattan Night of Murder'' (1965) a ...

as Lauer *

Olga von Togni Olga may refer to: People and fictional characters * Olga (name), a given name, including a list of people and fictional characters named Olga or Olha * Michael Algar (born 1962), English singer also known as "Olga" Places Russia * Olga, Russia, ...

as Olga Hajek * Max Mairich as Fischer * Alexander Hunzinger as Wagentritt * Paul Verhoeven as Karel *

Helmut Brasch Helmut Brasch (1912–1987) was a German film, television actor and cabaret singer. In 1945 he sang ''Child of the Ruins'' (german: Das Trümmerkind), which describes some facets of Berlin society. He played S.S. Man Scharf in Divina-Film ''Nach ...

as Grasdorffer *

Ettore Cella Ettore Cella (12 September 1913 – 1 July 2004) was a Swiss actor and film director. He was naturalised as a Swiss citizen in 1930, as his parents had emigrated from Italy. He appeared in 25 films between 1941 and 2004. He starred in the 19 ...

as Luigi Gardella * Gerhard Just as Herr Liebermann * Rolf Kralovitz as Berger *

Franziska Liebing Franziska Liebing (6 February 1899 – 3 January 1993) was a German actress, who worked in theatre, film and television. Biography Franziska Liebing was born in Munich, Kingdom of Bavaria in South East Germany. where got her training from Austria ...

as Frau Liebermann * Anton Reimer as Kriminal-Inspektor

References

Bibliography

* Bock, Hans-Michael & Bergfelder, Tim. ''The Concise CineGraph. Encyclopedia of German Cinema''. Berghahn Books, 2009.

External links

* 1959 films 1950s spy drama films German spy drama films West German films 1950s German-language films Films directed by Franz Peter Wirth Cold War spy films Bavaria Film films Films shot at Bavaria Studios 1959 drama films 1950s German films {{1950s-Germany-film-stub