The Adventures of Tartu (Original title)Sabotage Agent (Working title)Tartu (Alternative title)
Dates: 1943 (Copyright), 15 November 1943 (Release)Countries: USA, United KingdomDirected by: Harold S. Bucquet
Synopsis: Secret Service drama: Captain Terence Stevenson, R.E. is detailed to obtain the formula of a new poison gas being invented by the Nazis in Czechoslovakia and to blow up the factory producing it. In attaining his objective he impersonates Captain Jan Tartu, a member of the Rumanian Iron Guard.
Genre: War
Subjects: World War II, Czechoslovakia, Espionage
Releases
Date: 1943Country: United KingdomRelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 103 mins Length: 9286 FeetDialogue (original): English
Title: [Kinematograph Weekly - n1900 16 Sep 1943: no known title]Language: English
In: Today's Cinema v61 n4928 10 Sep 1943
Title: [Today's Cinema - v61 n4928 10 Sep 1943: no known title]Language: English
In: Monthly Film Bulletin v10 n117 September 1943 Page: 99
Title: [Monthly Film Bulletin - v10 n117 September 1943: no known title]Language: English
In: Motion Picture Herald v152 n6 7 Aug 1943
Title: [Motion Picture Herald - v152 n6 7 Aug 1943: no known title]Language: English
Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(5)
Accessible materials to view(1)
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 1698 FeetStock date: 1980BFI identifier: C-913150
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access
Film materials(5)
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 9922 FeetBFI identifier: C-1167534
Status: Status pending - Film print can be requested for access
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 1698 FeetStock date: 1980BFI identifier: C-913150
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access
Description: 35mm Dupe NegativeBase: SafetySound: Combined as MuteLength: 9922 FeetBFI identifier: C-1167532
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Dupe NegativeBase: SafetySound: SoundLength: 9922 FeetBFI identifier: C-1167533
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Duplicating PositiveBase: NitrateSound: CombinedLength: 9922 FeetStock date: 1942BFI identifier: C-147264
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Dates: 1943 (Copyright), 15 November 1943 (Release)Countries: USA, United KingdomDirected by: Harold S. Bucquet
Synopsis: Secret Service drama: Captain Terence Stevenson, R.E. is detailed to obtain the formula of a new poison gas being invented by the Nazis in Czechoslovakia and to blow up the factory producing it. In attaining his objective he impersonates Captain Jan Tartu, a member of the Rumanian Iron Guard.
Genre: War
Subjects: World War II, Czechoslovakia, Espionage
Releases
Date: 1943Country: United KingdomRelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 103 mins Length: 9286 FeetDialogue (original): English
Credits
(20)
©: Loew's Incorporated, Presents: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Made by: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer British Studios, [Producer]: Irving Asher, [Associate Producer]: Harold Huth, [Production Manager]: Laurence Evans, [Assistant Director]: William J. Dodds, Screen Play by: John Lee Mahin, Howard Emmett Rogers, Original Story by: John C. Higgins, Photographed by: John J. Cox, Special Effects: Henry Harris, Film Editor: D. Myers, Art Director: John Bryan, Costumes by: Rahvis, Musical Director: Louis Levy, Recording: V. Wilson, Sound System: British Acoustic Film, Made at the: Gainsborough Studios
Cast
(24)
Robert Donat (Captain Terrence Stevenson (Jan Tartu)), Valerie Hobson (Maruschka), Walter Rilla (Inspector Otto Vogel), Glynis Johns (Pavla Palacek), Phyllis Morris (Anna Palacek), Martin Miller (Dr Novotny), Anthony Eustral (Nazi officer), Percy Walsh (Dr Willendorf), David Ward (Bronty), Frederic Richter (Nestor), John Penrose (Lieutenant Kranz), Hubert Leslie (Peter Valek, the shoemaker), Mabel Terry Lewis (Mrs Stevenson), Miki Iveria (Czech patriot), Charles Carson ([Arthur Wakefield]), John Salew ([Heinrich Müller]), John Slater ([Luftwaffe man with coffee]), Roy Emerton ([Nazi officer in chemical plant]), Edgar Driver, Aubrey Mallalieu ([ARP warden]), George Merritt ([agent]), Laurence O'Madden ([Colonel Perry]), Josephine Wilson ([nurse]), Maurice Rhodes ([boy patient])
Articles held in BFI Reuben Library
(4)
In: Kinematograph Weekly n1900 16 Sep 1943Title: [Kinematograph Weekly - n1900 16 Sep 1943: no known title]Language: English
In: Today's Cinema v61 n4928 10 Sep 1943
Title: [Today's Cinema - v61 n4928 10 Sep 1943: no known title]Language: English
In: Monthly Film Bulletin v10 n117 September 1943 Page: 99
Title: [Monthly Film Bulletin - v10 n117 September 1943: no known title]Language: English
In: Motion Picture Herald v152 n6 7 Aug 1943
Title: [Motion Picture Herald - v152 n6 7 Aug 1943: no known title]Language: English
Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(5)
Accessible materials to view(1)
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 1698 FeetStock date: 1980BFI identifier: C-913150
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access
Film materials(5)
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 9922 FeetBFI identifier: C-1167534
Status: Status pending - Film print can be requested for access
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 1698 FeetStock date: 1980BFI identifier: C-913150
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access
Description: 35mm Dupe NegativeBase: SafetySound: Combined as MuteLength: 9922 FeetBFI identifier: C-1167532
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Dupe NegativeBase: SafetySound: SoundLength: 9922 FeetBFI identifier: C-1167533
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Duplicating PositiveBase: NitrateSound: CombinedLength: 9922 FeetStock date: 1942BFI identifier: C-147264
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film