The Adventures of Tartu (1943)

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British Captain Terence Stevenson (Robert Donat) accepts an assignment even more dangerous than his everyday job of defusing unexploded bombs. Fluent in Romanian and German and having studied chemical engineering, he is parachuted into Romania to assume the identity of Captain Jan Tartu, a member of the fascist Iron Guard. He makes his way to Czechoslovakia to steal the formula of a new Nazi poison gas and sabotage the factory where it is being manufactured.

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Runtime: 91 mins Rating: 6.2 Tag Line: Stevenson, a British soldier fluent in Rumanian and German, goes undercover to sabotage a German poison-gas factory... Homepage: Website

Cast

Valerie Hobson

Maruschuka Lanova

Robert Donat

Captain Terence Stevenson, aka Jan Tartu

Glynis Johns

Paula Palacek

Walter Rilla

Inspector Otto Vogel

Martin Miller

Doctor Novotny

Anthony Eustrel

German MP Officar

Phyllis Morris

Anna Palacek

Percy Walsh

Dr. Willendorf

Crew

Louis Levy

Music Director

Jack E. Cox

Director of Photography

John Lee Mahin

Screenplay

Harold S. Bucquet

Director

Douglas Myers

Editor

Howard Emmett Rogers