Traitor, The
Date: 1957
Director: Gilbert Gunn, Michael McCarthy
Production Company: Fantur Films, E.J. Fancey Productions
Stars: Donald Wolfit, Robert Bray, Jane Griffiths
Location(s): Hertfordshire, West Berlin
Region(s): Germany, South East R-Z
Storyline:
A former resistance fighter tries to discover the traitor who betrayed his colleagues during the Second World War.
Additional Information:
Screen captures by Phil Wilkinson
Also known as ‘The Accursed’ (US Title)
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The story opens at a Displaced Persons Camp in West Germany.
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Theodore Dehmel (Colin Croft) leaves hut number 12.
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The camera follows Dehmel as he makes his way through the camp.
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Outside the perimeter fence, a car door is opened for Dehmel as the Inmates of the camp discover that one of their number has been hanged in hut 12.
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Arriving in Berlin, Dehmel gets out of the Opel Rekord.
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Having gained vital information from Zimmerman before his death, Dehmel crosses to a telephone kiosk.
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Dehmel places an international call.
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In England, the Gardener at a large house tidies chairs away. The Edgwarebury Hotel on Edgwarebury Lane, Elstree in Hertfordshire.
An extension, built over the former croquet lawn behind me, prevents a better angle. SJ
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On the balcony, Clinton (Rupert Davis) calls Colonel Charles Price (Donald Wolfit) to the telephone. The Edgwarebury Hotel appears in many productions including ‘Man Accused’, ‘School for Scoundrels’, ‘The Devil Rides Out’, 'Not Now Comrade', ‘For Members Only’ as well as 1974’s ‘Stardust'.
Looking west. SJ
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Clinton takes the Colonel's gloves before he goes inside to take the call from Berlin. The Edgwarebury Hotel has since been renamed several times and is currently known as The Manor Elstree.
More furniture on the balcony now. SJ
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Cut to the story's Leipzberg where Professor Stefan Toller receives a cablegram from England. Looking across Hardenbergstraße to the Universität der Künste in the British Sector of West Berlin with the Konzertsaal to the bottom.
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Universität der Künste Berlin, the Berlin University of the Arts, on Hardenbergstraße in Charlottenburg.
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Inside his room, Professor Toller reads the message from the Colonel requesting his presence at an annual meeting of former German resistance fighters. The courtyard of the Charlottenburg Palace in West Berlin located by Steve Randall, showing part of the equestrian statue of Friedrich Wilhelm Elector, which was placed there in 1952.
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A Telegram Boy cycles to deliver another invitation.
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The message addressed to Doctor Neumann is accepted.
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At a hotel across town, Thomas Rilke relaxes with his Lover.
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Answering the telephone, Thomas is given the same date as the others . . . September 25th.
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At Leipzberg Town Hall, Mayor Friederich Sudermann receives his telegram from Colonel Price. Rathaus Schöneberg on Am Rathaus, West Berlin found by Steve Randall who adds that the building is still standing and is now the City Hall for the Borough of Tempelhof-Schöneberg. It was from here that US President John F. Kennedy delivered his "Ich bin ein Berliner" speech.
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The presence of businessman Alfred Baum is requested.
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A Humber Hawk approaches Colonel Price's house. In front of the Edgwarebury Hotel at Elstree with Edgwarebury Lane through the gateway.
Looking south-west to the overspill car park in the distance with the drive winding around to the right in a near circle to Edgwarebury Lane. SJ
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Clinton greets Professor Stefan Toller (Carl Jaffe) and his daughter Vicki (Jane Griffith) at the door. The entrance to the Edgwarebury Hotel in Hertfordshire.
The iconic sphinxes disappeared in about 2022. SJ
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Theodore Dehmel boards a flight to England to meet the Colonel and give the name of the traitor who's betrayal resulted in Gehrhardt's death.
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With half an hour to go before Dehmel arrives, the Colonel's guests discuss who the traitor may be. The Edgwarebury Hotel on Edgwarebury Lane in Elstree, Hertfordshire.
No lights on this morning. SJ