The Traitor (1936 German film)

The Traitor
Directed byKarl Ritter
Written byWalter Herzlieb
Leonhard Fürst
Produced byHans Ritter
StarringWilly Birgel
Lída Baarová
Irene von Meyendorff
CinematographyGünther Anders
Heinz von Jaworsky
Edited byGottfried Ritter
Music byHenri Rene
Production
company
Distributed byUFA
Release date
  • 19 August 1936 (1936-08-19)
Running time
92 minutes
CountryGermany
LanguageGerman

The Traitor (German: Verräter) is a 1936 German spy thriller film directed by Karl Ritter. and starring Willy Birgel, Lída Baarová and Irene von Meyendorff. It was shot at the Babelsberg Studios in Potsdam and on location around Wünsdorf. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Franz Koehn and Max Mellin. The film revolves around foreign agents who infiltrate the German arms industry, helped by German traitors. However, they are defeated due to the combined efforts of the Wehrmacht and the Gestapo.