Secret File W.B.1

{{short description|1942 film}} {{Infobox film | name =Secret File W.B.1 | image =File:Secret File W.B.1.jpeg | caption = | director =[[Herbert Selpin]] | producer =[[Carl Wilhelm Tetting]] | writer = [[Franz Weichenmayr]] [[Walter Zerlett-Olfenius]] [[Curt J. Braun]] Herbert Selpin | based_on =''Der Eiserne Seehund'' by Hans Arthur Thies | starring =[[Alexander Golling]] [[Eva Immermann]] [[Richard Häussler]] | music = [[Franz Doelle]] | cinematography = [[Franz Koch (cinematographer)|Franz Koch]] | editing = [[Friedel Buckow]] | studio = [[Bavaria Film]] | distributor = Bavaria Film | released ={{film date|1942|2|2|df=y}} | runtime = 92 minutes | country = Germany | language = [[German language|German]] | budget = | gross = }} '''''Secret File W.B.1''''' (German: '''''Geheimakte W.B.1''''') is a 1942 German [[historical film|historical]] [[drama film]] directed by [[Herbert Selpin]] and starring [[Alexander Golling]], [[Eva Immermann]] and [[Richard Häussler]].<ref>Fox p.201</ref> The film portrays [[Wilhelm Bauer]] and his work on developing the [[submarine]].<ref>Hadley p. 93</ref> It was based on the novel ''Der Eiserne Seehund'' by Hans Arthur Thies. It was shot at the [[Bavaria Studios]] in [[Munich]]. The film's sets were designed by the [[art director]]s [[Kurt Dürnhöfer]], [[Fritz Lück]], [[Bruno Lutz]] and [[Fritz Maurischat]].<ref>https://www.filmportal.de/film/geheimakte-wb-1_7ccf56378eb3489a91439f812191c543</ref>

==Cast== * [[Alexander Golling]] as [[Wilhelm Bauer]] * [[Eva Immermann]] as Sophie Hösly * [[Richard Häussler]] as Großfürst Konstantin * [[Herbert Hübner]] as Admiral Brommy * [[Wilhelm P. Krüger]] as Vater Hösly * [[Günther Lüders]] as Schiffsbauer Karl Hösly * [[Willi Rose]] as Werftmeister Schultze * [[Gustav Waldau]] as König Maximilian * [[Justus Paris]] as Vorsitzender des Gerichts * [[Theo Shall]] as Mr. Wood * [[Walter Holten]] as General * [[Andrews Engelmann]] as Russischer Intrigant Trotzky * [[Karl Meixner]] as Senator * [[Viktor Afritsch]] as von Klamm * [[Albert Arid]] as Offizier der russischen Hafenwache * [[Karl Hanft]] as Tony * [[Michl Lang]] as Oberhofen * [[Richard Ludwig (actor)|Richard Ludwig]] as Major der russischen Wache * [[Philipp Manning]] as Holm * [[Friedrich Ulmer]] as Dr. Hoffmann * [[Paul Wagner (actor)|Paul Wagner]] as Begleiter des König Maximilian * [[Aruth Wartan]] as Kenwolsky * [[Dolf Zenzen]] as Begleiter Trotzkys am bayerischen Hof

==References== {{Reflist}}

==Bibliography== * Bergfelder, Tim & Bock, Hans-Michael. ''The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopedia of German''. Berghahn Books, 2009. * Fox, Jo. ''Film Propaganda in Britain and Nazi Germany: World War II Cinema''. Berg, 2007. * Hadley, Michael L. ''Count Not the Dead: The Popular Image of the German Submarine''. McGill-Queen's University Press, 1995. * Waldman, Harry. ''Nazi Films in America, 1933-1942''. McFarland, 2008.

==External links== *{{IMDb title|0034772}}

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