"THE SPY”
PRIVATE SHOWING YESTERDAY What is probably the finest Germanmado picture to be seen in Auckland “The Spy,” was given a private shoving at the Strand Theatre yesterday morning. It deals with international treaue? and Continental secret services’ agent plots and counter plots, with a keer. suspense that continues to the lasscene. The setting is post-war Europe, and the unfolding of the story is unusually interesting. Exciting as is the story, clever a is the direction, brilliant as is the nique, it is the acting which brinr “The Spy” to a level seldom reacnec by dims of its type. From the sta player to the most unimportant acw. the portrayal is flawless. Each seeir. to live his or her part, and no master how little the footage devotee i a scene, it is played to its fullest every one concerned. , Kurt Gerron, a unique type an ° ; most capable actor, has a dual that of a prosperous banker, ano the sinister head of an organisadesperately trying to steal a cemtreaty. F. Lang, the man who “Metropolis,” also produced unique and remarkable picture. _
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Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 599, 27 February 1929, Page 14
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