The Adventures of Tartu (Sabotage Agent) (1943)
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Tartu--or more formally, The Adventures of Tartu--stars Robert Donat as a Rumanian-born British spy, dispatched to Czechoslovakia during World War II. Posing as an ineffectual milquetoast, Donat is hired as a chemist in a Nazi-controlled poison gas factory. Working in concert with the Underground,… More Tartu--or more formally, The Adventures of Tartu--stars Robert Donat as a Rumanian-born British spy, dispatched to Czechoslovakia during World War II. Posing as an ineffectual milquetoast, Donat is hired as a chemist in a Nazi-controlled poison gas factory. Working in concert with the Underground, our hero spends his off-hours dismantling the Nazi operation. Then he has to figure a way to get out of Czechoslovakia as adroitly as he got in. Adventures of Tartu was filmed at MGM's British studios (it was Metro's first British production in two years), with an American director but with a full cadre of English acting talent: Donat, Valerie Hobson, Glynis Johns, etc. The Teutonic villain is played by Walter Rilla, whose son Wolf Rilla later became a prominent British director. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- Harold S. Bucquet
- Genres
- Drama, Romance, Mystery & Suspense
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Oct 1, 1943 Wide
- Studio
- American Pop Classics
Critic Reviews
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Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews
Robert Donat's lively performance saves this ordinary spy caper from its conventional story line.
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Cast
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Robert Donat
as Capt. Terence Stevenson
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Valerie Hobson
as Maruschka
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Glynis Johns
as Paula Palacek
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Walter Rilia
as Inspector Otto Vogel
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Phyllis Morris
as Anna Palacek
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Mabel Terry-Lewis
as Mrs. Stevenson
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Anthony Eustrel
as Officer
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Martin Miller
as Dr. Novothy
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John Penrose
as Lt. Krantz
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Percy Walsh
as Dr. Willendorf
- Miki Iveria
- J. Hubert Leslie
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Frederick Richter
as Nestor
- Victor Weske
- David Ward
