# Secret File W.B.1 > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Secret_File_W.B.1 > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Secret_File_W.B.1.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secret_File_W.B.1 > Source revision: 1355217296 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) 1942 film Secret File W.B.1 Directed by Herbert Selpin Written by Franz Weichenmayr Walter Zerlett-Olfenius Curt J. Braun Herbert Selpin Based on Der Eiserne Seehund by Hans Arthur Thies Produced by Carl Wilhelm Tetting Starring Alexander Golling Eva Immermann Richard Häussler Cinematography Franz Koch Edited by Friedel Buckow Music by Franz Doelle Production company Bavaria Film Distributed by Bavaria Film Release date 2 February 1942 (1942-02-02) Running time 92 minutes Country Germany Language German ***Secret File W.B.1*** (German: ***Geheimakte W.B.1***) is a 1942 German [historical](/source/Historical_film) [drama film](/source/Drama_film) directed by [Herbert Selpin](/source/Herbert_Selpin) and starring [Alexander Golling](/source/Alexander_Golling), [Eva Immermann](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Eva_Immermann&action=edit&redlink=1) and [Richard Häussler](/source/Richard_H%C3%A4ussler).[1] The film portrays [Wilhelm Bauer](/source/Wilhelm_Bauer) and his work on developing the [submarine](/source/Submarine).[2] It was based on the novel *Der Eiserne Seehund* by Hans Arthur Thies. It was shot at the [Bavaria Studios](/source/Bavaria_Studios) in [Munich](/source/Munich). The film's sets were designed by the [art directors](/source/Art_director) [Kurt Dürnhöfer](/source/Kurt_D%C3%BCrnh%C3%B6fer), [Fritz Lück](/source/Fritz_L%C3%BCck), [Bruno Lutz](/source/Bruno_Lutz) and [Fritz Maurischat](/source/Fritz_Maurischat).[3] ## Cast - [Alexander Golling](/source/Alexander_Golling) as [Wilhelm Bauer](/source/Wilhelm_Bauer) - [Eva Immermann](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Eva_Immermann&action=edit&redlink=1) as Sophie Hösly - [Richard Häussler](/source/Richard_H%C3%A4ussler) as Großfürst Konstantin - [Herbert Hübner](/source/Herbert_H%C3%BCbner) as Admiral Brommy - [Wilhelm P. Krüger](/source/Wilhelm_P._Kr%C3%BCger) as Vater Hösly - [Günther Lüders](/source/G%C3%BCnther_L%C3%BCders) as Schiffsbauer Karl Hösly - [Willi Rose](/source/Willi_Rose) as Werftmeister Schultze - [Gustav Waldau](/source/Gustav_Waldau) as König Maximilian - [Justus Paris](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Justus_Paris&action=edit&redlink=1) as Vorsitzender des Gerichts - [Theo Shall](/source/Theo_Shall) as Mr. Wood - [Walter Holten](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Walter_Holten&action=edit&redlink=1) as General - [Andrews Engelmann](/source/Andrews_Engelmann) as Russischer Intrigant Trotzky - [Karl Meixner](/source/Karl_Meixner) as Senator - [Viktor Afritsch](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Viktor_Afritsch&action=edit&redlink=1) as von Klamm - [Albert Arid](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Albert_Arid&action=edit&redlink=1) as Offizier der russischen Hafenwache - [Karl Hanft](/source/Karl_Hanft) as Tony - [Michl Lang](/source/Michl_Lang) as Oberhofen - [Richard Ludwig](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Richard_Ludwig_(actor)&action=edit&redlink=1) as Major der russischen Wache - [Philipp Manning](/source/Philipp_Manning) as Holm - [Friedrich Ulmer](/source/Friedrich_Ulmer) as Dr. Hoffmann - [Paul Wagner](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Paul_Wagner_(actor)&action=edit&redlink=1) as Begleiter des König Maximilian - [Aruth Wartan](/source/Aruth_Wartan) as Kenwolsky - [Dolf Zenzen](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dolf_Zenzen&action=edit&redlink=1) as Begleiter Trotzkys am bayerischen Hof ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Fox p.201 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Hadley p. 93 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** [https://www.filmportal.de/film/geheimakte-wb-1_7ccf56378eb3489a91439f812191c543](https://www.filmportal.de/film/geheimakte-wb-1_7ccf56378eb3489a91439f812191c543) ## 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 - [*Secret File W.B.1*](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0034772/) at [IMDb](/source/IMDb_(identifier)) v t e Films directed by Herbert Selpin Antoinette (1932) Chauffeur Antoinette (1932) The Love Contract (1932) Dream of the Rhine (1933) Girls of Today (1933) Between Two Hearts (1934) The Champion of Pontresina (1934) The Riders of German East Africa (1934) An Ideal Husband (1935) The Green Domino (1935, German) The Green Domino (1935, French) Scandal at the Fledermaus (1936) Game on Board (1936) Romance (1936) Alarm in Peking (1937) The Marriage Swindler (1938) I Love You (1938) Sergeant Berry (1938) Water for Canitoga (1939) A Man Astray (1940) Trenck the Pandur (1940) Carl Peters (1941) Secret File W.B.1 (1942) Titanic (1943) This article related to a German film of the 1940s is a stub. 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