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  • The Adventures of Tartu (1943)
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    103 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller
The Adventures of Tartu (1943)
Passed
103 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller

In 1940. Captain Terence Stevenson is with the British Army in the bomb disposal unit in London, his primary job is to defuse them. Despite having no experience as a spy, he is asked by his superiors, because of his academic background as ...See moreIn 1940. Captain Terence Stevenson is with the British Army in the bomb disposal unit in London, his primary job is to defuse them. Despite having no experience as a spy, he is asked by his superiors, because of his academic background as a chemical engineer and being fluent in Romanian and German, to lead a spy mission deep in the Nazi occupied territory. The Nazis have near perfected a formula for a new poisonous gas to use in chemical warfare, Stevenson's mission is to infiltrate the gas plant near Pilsen in the occupied Czechoslovakia where it is being mass produced. He must steal the formula to bring back to Britain, and blow up the plant before the Nazis are able to distribute the gas for their war efforts. He is to assume the identity of chemical engineer Jan Tartu of the Romanian Iron Guard. The real Tartu has been killed but the Nazis are unaware of it. To carry out his mission, Stevenson will require the assistance of the Czech underground and is given the name of a contact through which he is to work. Stevenson needs to improvise, most specifically because his contact is arrested. In this light, he has to learn who he can and cannot trust, especially among those with whom he is assigned to live: Anna and Pavla Palacek, the owner of the house and her daughter who works at the ammunition plant; Otto Vogel, an inspector the Nazis have assigned to be his guide; and Marushka Lanova, a beautiful young woman who has a sense of entitlement and who uses her feminine wiles to get what she wants, most specifically from Nazi officers such as Vogel who is in love with her. Conversely, those secretly working for the Allied cause may have to figure out if "Tartu" is really on their side. Written by Huggo See less
Writers
John Lee Mahin (screenplay) | Howard Emmett Rogers (screenplay) | John C. Higgins (original story)
Cinematographer
Jack E. Cox (photographed by) (as John J. Cox)
Editor
Douglas Myers (as D. Myers)
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Release date
Oct 1943 (United States)

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26 cast members
Name Known for
Robert Donat
Capt. Terence Stevenson Capt. Terence Stevenson   See fewer
Valerie Hobson
Maruschuka Lanova Maruschuka Lanova   See fewer
Walter Rilla
Inspector Otto Vogel Inspector Otto Vogel   See fewer
Glynis Johns
Paula Palacek Paula Palacek   See fewer
Phyllis Morris
Anna Palacek Anna Palacek   See fewer
Martin Miller
Dr. Novotny Dr. Novotny   See fewer
Anthony Eustrel
German MP Officer (as Anthony Eustral) German MP Officer (as Anthony Eustral)   See fewer
Percy Walsh
Dr. Willendorf Dr. Willendorf   See fewer
David Ward
Bronte Bronte   See fewer
Friedrich Richter
Gen. Weymouth (as Frederic Richter) Gen. Weymouth (as Frederic Richter)   See fewer
John Penrose
Lt. Krantz - at the Skoda Factory Lt. Krantz - at the Skoda Factory   See fewer
J. Hubert Leslie
Peter Valek (as Hubert Leslie) Peter Valek (as Hubert Leslie)   See fewer
Mabel Terry-Lewis
Mrs. Stevenson (as Mabel Terry Lewis) Mrs. Stevenson (as Mabel Terry Lewis)   See fewer
Miki Iveria
Female Worker Shot at the Skoda Factory Female Worker Shot at the Skoda Factory   See fewer
Charles Carson
Arthur Wakefield (uncredited) Arthur Wakefield (uncredited)   See fewer
Edgar Driver
ARP Warden (uncredited) ARP Warden (uncredited)   See fewer
Roy Emerton
Plant Guard / Member of Underground (uncredited) Plant Guard / Member of Underground (uncredited)   See fewer
Bryan Herbert
Bomb Disposal Sergeant (uncredited) Bomb Disposal Sergeant (uncredited)   See fewer
Aubrey Mallalieu
ARP Warden (uncredited) ARP Warden (uncredited)   See fewer
George Merritt
Agent (uncredited) Agent (uncredited)   See fewer
Lawrence O'Madden
Col. Perry (uncredited) Col. Perry (uncredited)   See fewer
Maurice Rhodes
Danny (uncredited) Danny (uncredited)   See fewer
John Salew
Heinrich Müller (uncredited) Heinrich Müller (uncredited)   See fewer
John Slater
Luftwaffe Man with Coffee (uncredited) Luftwaffe Man with Coffee (uncredited)   See fewer
H Victor Weske
Citizen (uncredited) Citizen (uncredited)   See fewer
Josephine Wilson
Nurse (uncredited) Nurse (uncredited)   See fewer
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