''The Scarlet Baroness'' (German: ''Die feuerrote Baronesse'') is a 1959 West German

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directed by

Rudolf Jugert Rudolf Jugert (1907–1979) was a German film director. Selected filmography * ''Film Without a Title'' (1948) * ''Hello, Fraulein!, Hallo, Fräulein!'' (1949) * ''A Day Will Come (1950 film), A Day Will Come'' (1950) * ''Nights on the Road'' (195 ...

and starring

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, Joachim Fuchsberger and

Wera Frydtberg Wera Frydtberg (11 August 1926 – 16 June 2008) was a German film and television actress. She appeared in '' I Often Think of Piroschka'' (1955) Her best known film ''Wir Wunderkinder ''Wir Wunderkinder'' is a 1958 West German comedy film dir ...

.Craig p.324 The film's sets were designed by the

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Arne Flekstad. It was shot at the Arca-Filmstudio in

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Synopsis

During the final days of the

Second World War World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the wo ...

, British intelligence sends an agent to

to try to discover the secrets of Nazi Germany's nuclear weapons program.

Cast

References

Bibliography

* Craig, Rob. ''American International Pictures: A Comprehensive Filmography''. McFarland, 2019.

External links

* 1959 films West German films German thriller films 1950s thriller films 1950s German-language films Films directed by Rudolf Jugert German World War II films Films set in Berlin Films set in the 1940s Films about Nazi Germany 1950s German films Films scored by Rolf Alexander Wilhelm {{1950s-Germany-film-stub