Spy in Black, The
Date: 1939
Director: Michael Powell
Production Company: Irving Asher Productions, London Film Productions
Stars: Conrad Veidt, Valerie Hobson, Marius Goring, Sebastian Shaw
Location(s): Hertfordshire, Orkney (Scotland)
Region(s): Scotland, South East R-Z
Storyline:
During World War I, a German submarine commander meets two triple agents while on a mission in the Orkney Islands.
Additional Information:
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Maggie (Esma Cannon) waits for the carrier that will drive Anne Burnett to Dingwall station and onward to take up her new job as a school teacher in the Orkney Islands.
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After Anne is kidnapped, an impostor arrives for the ferry to Longhope.
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Under the command of Captain Walter Ratter, the ferry reaches Longhope. This looks very much like the pier at Longhope on the island of South Walls.
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The Old Man of Hoy, destination of Captain Hardt and his submarine, U29. The Old Man of Hoy stands off the island of Hoy in the Orkney Islands.
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The schoolhouse at Longhope, where Anne Burnett's position has been filled by an agent going by the name of Frau Tiel.
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Battle ships lie anchored in Scapa Flow as Commander Ashington makes his way to the schoolhouse.
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With school over for the day, the children leave as Captain Hardt looks down from his window.