The Counterfeit Traitor
7.4
“The Most Suspenseful Adventure Ever Lived!”
Blacklisted in modern day WW2, a Swedish oil trader opts to assist British Allies, by means of infiltrating and surveying Nazi Germany.
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Cast
40 people
William Holden
Eric Erickson
Known for
Sunset Boulevard
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Lilli Palmer
Ms. Marianne Möllendorf
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The House That Screamed
The Boys from Brazil
Hugh Griffith
Collins
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Ben-Hur
The Canterbury Tales
Carl Raddatz
Otto Holtz
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The Great Sacrifice
Under the Bridges
Ernst Schröder
Baron Gerhard von Oldenburg
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The Odessa File
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Charles Regnier
Wilhelm Kortner
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Angelique
Crooks in Clover
Ingrid van Bergen
Hulda Windler
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A2 Racer
Wolfgang Preiss
Colonel Nordoff
Known for
The Train
The Thousand Eyes of Dr. Mabuse
Werner Peters
Bruno Ulrich
Known for
The Bird with the Crystal Plumage
The Thousand Eyes of Dr. Mabuse
Erica Beer
Klara Holtz
Known for
Deep End
Stefan Schnabel
Gestapo agent at funeral
Known for
Firefox
Green Card
Klaus Kinski
Kindler
Known for
Aguirre, the Wrath of God
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George Seaton Director · Charles Grenzbach Story Alexander Klein Author
United States release April 13, 1962 · Produced in United States · Languages Danish, English, German
Production
Perlsea Company
Production
Paramount Pictures
Production · Studio
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
Danish · English · German
Release dates
United States · April 13, 1962
Limited theatrical · Hollywood, CA
United States
April 17, 1962 · Limited theatrical · New York City, New York
Austria
November 1, 1962 · Theatrical
Brazil
April 19, 2011 · Physical · Nordeste Dist. mj.gov.br
Denmark
November 16, 1962 · Theatrical
Finland
October 19, 1962 · Theatrical
France
October 31, 1962 · Theatrical
September 8, 2025 · Digital · Arte•tv
September 8, 2025 · TV · Arte
Germany
October 19, 1962 · Theatrical · West Germany
Ireland
November 9, 1962 · Theatrical
Japan
January 11, 1963 · Theatrical
Mexico
July 4, 1963 · Theatrical
Netherlands
March 21, 1963 · Theatrical
Spain
December 19, 1962 · Limited theatrical · Barcelona
January 21, 1963 · Limited theatrical · Madrid
Sweden
July 1, 1962 · Theatrical
Türkiye
January 1, 1966 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
August 2, 1962 · Theatrical
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