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The Counterfeit Traitor

The Counterfeit Traitor

The Most Suspenseful Adventure Ever Lived!

19626.52h 20m

Overview

Blacklisted in modern day WW2, a Swedish oil trader opts to assist British Allies, by means of infiltrating and surveying Nazi Germany.

Directed by George Seaton
Written by Charles Grenzbach, George Seaton, Alexander Klein
Produced by William Perlberg, George Seaton
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Top Cast

William Holden

William Holden

Eric Erickson

Lilli Palmer

Lilli Palmer

Ms. Marianne Möllendorf

Hugh Griffith

Hugh Griffith

Collins

Carl Raddatz

Carl Raddatz

Otto Holtz

Ernst Schröder

Ernst Schröder

Baron Gerhard von Oldenburg

Charles Regnier

Charles Regnier

Wilhelm Kortner

Ingrid van Bergen

Ingrid van Bergen

Hulda Windler

Wolfgang Preiss

Wolfgang Preiss

Colonel Nordoff

Werner Peters

Werner Peters

Bruno Ulrich

Erica Beer

Erica Beer

Klara Holtz

Themes & Keywords

spyworld war iisweden

About The Counterfeit Traitor

The Counterfeit Traitor is a war, thriller, drama film released in 1962 exploring themes of spy, world war ii, sweden. Directed by George Seaton, it stars William Holden, Lilli Palmer, Hugh Griffith. Blacklisted in modern day WW2, a Swedish oil trader opts to assist British Allies, by means of infiltrating and surveying Nazi Germany.

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