I Was a Spy
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| Directed by | Victor Saville |
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| Based on | I Was a Spy by Marthe Cnockaert |
| Produced by | Michael Balcon |
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| Cinematography | Charles Van Enger |
| Edited by | Frederick Y. Smith |
| Music by | Louis Levy (music director) |
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Running time | 89 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $200,000-$300,000 |
I Was a Spy is a 1933 British thriller film directed by Victor Saville and produced by Michael Balcon. It stars Madeleine Carroll as Marthe Cnockaert, Herbert Marshall, and Conrad Veidt. Based on the 1932 memoir I Was a Spy by Marthe Cnockaert, the film is about her experiences as a Belgian woman who nursed German soldiers during World War I while passing intelligence to the British. The film was produced by Gaumont British Picture Corporation with Woolf & Freedman Film Service and Fox Film Corporation distributing in the United Kingdom and the United States respectively.