Feature1943·91m·6.2

The Adventures of Tartu

A Beautiful Girl! A Dangerous Mission!

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British Captain Terence Stevenson accepts an assignment even more dangerous than his everyday job of defusing undetonated bombs. Fluent in Romanian and German and having studied chemical engineering, he's parachuted into Romania to assume the identity of Captain Jan Tartu, a member of the fascist Iron Guard. Tartu makes his way to Czechoslovakia to steal the formula of a new Nazi poison gas and sabotage the factory of its manufacturing.

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Cast

Robert Donat

Captain Terence Stevenson, aka Jan Tartu

Valerie Hobson

Maruschuka Lanova

Walter Rilla

Inspector Otto Vogel

Glynis Johns

Paula Palacek

Phyllis Morris

Anna Palacek

Martin Miller

Doctor Novotny

Anthony Eustrel

German MP Officar

Percy Walsh

Dr. Willendorf

Details

Status
Released
Original language
English
Languages
English
Budget
Revenue
Age rating
Quality
4K UHD · HDR10 · Dolby Vision
Production
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Crew

Director

Harold S. Bucquet

Writers

John Lee Mahin, Howard Emmett Rogers

Jack E. Cox

Director of Photography

Douglas Myers

Editor

Gallery

Reviews

CinemaSerf

6/26/2022

7.0

There were quite a few of these medium-budget films made - not quite as propaganda, but serving to bolster the morale in Britain in the depths of WWII. This is one of them. Robert Donat plays a fictional British intelligence officer charged with seeking out and destroying a secret Nazi factory that was developing a lethal nerve-gas deep within enemy territory. He plays his part with style and a little humour, ably supported by Valerie Hobson and Walter Rilla, as he inveigles his way into the brutal Nazi infrastructure and risks life and limb to achieve his goals. It's a great boys own adventure story.