András Bálint, Armin Mueller Stahl, Dorottya Udvaros

Set in the early part of the 20th century, director István Szabó's taut drama profiles Ukrainian-born Alfred Redl (Klaus Maria Brandauer), who rises through the ranks of Austria's Royal Imperial Army....( read more  read more... ) Assigned to spy on the Russians, the secretly gay Redl exploits his position to gain sexual and financial favors from both countries … until his homosexuality is discovered and he becomes the target of blackmailers. Armin Mueller-Stahl costars.

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R, 142 min.

Directed by: István Szabó

Release Date: February 20, 1985

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DVD Release Date: June 26, 2001

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  • August 8, 2009
    PAN AND SCAN. Una obra maestra. La evolución de la historia y de la psiquis del protagonista están trabajadas de forma acaso perfecta por el director Istvan Szabo y el actor Klaus Maria Brandauer, quien ofrece una actuación a la altura de las mejores. La mezcla de una atmósfera s...( read more)untuosa con un montaje ágil y eficaz crean una combinación perfecta para ilustrar el cerco de corrupción y posturas que se cierne. / A masterpiece. The evolution of the story and the protagonist's psyche is worked perhaps perfectly by director Istvan Szabo and the actor Klaus Maria Brandauer, whose performance here ranks among the very best. The combination of a sumptuous atmosphere and an agile, effective editing mix perfectly to illustrate an operative encirclement of corruption and postures.
  • April 10, 2009
    won best Foreign film from BAFTA and was nominated for best foreign film at the golden globes and oscars
  • September 2, 2008
    Everyone's smiling in the beginning. Redl is the Colonel of a real tragedy. Despite being a great Austrian nationalist, the odds of his heritage and homosexuality were against him and in the end there is only the scrap of a man who pushes others away as much as they push him away...( read more). But I was laughing at the Archduke's final scene!
  • December 10, 2006
    Waste of TIME!! Very Weak movie, DO NOT WATCH, if you do end up watching it, side effects may include: Suicide, murder ramapages, road ramapage, any kinds of ways of harming yourself, and many others...

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