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Directed by | Karl Grune |
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Cinematography | Fritz Arno Wagner |
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Production company | Münchner Lichtspielkunst |
Distributed by | Bavaria Film |
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Country | Germany |
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Spy of Madame Pompadour (German: Marquis d'Eon, der Spion der Pompadour) is a 1928 German silent film directed by Karl Grune and starring Liane Haid, Fritz Kortner and Alfred Gerasch. [1] It portrays the life of the eighteenth century figure Marquis d'Eon.
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