The Spy with Ten Faces

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The Spy with Ten Faces
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Directed by Alberto De Martino
Screenplay byAlberto De Martino [1]
Produced by
  • Luggi Waldleitner
  • Emo Bistolfi [1]
Starring
CinematographyMario Fioretti [1]
Edited by Elisabeth Kleinert-Neumann [1]
Music by Bruno Nicolai [1]
Production
companies
  • European
  • Roxy Film GmbH & Co. KG [1]
Release date
  • 22 April 1966 (1966-04-22)(West Germany)
Running time
103 minutes [1]
Countries
  • West Germany
  • Italy [1]

The Spy with Ten Faces (aka Italian : Upperseven, l'uomo da uccidere/ Upper Seven, the Man to Kill), or German : Der Mann mit den tausend Masken/The Man of a Thousand Masks) is a 1966 Italian-West German Eurospy film written and directed by Alberto De Martino. [2] [3] [4]

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Plot

Paul Finney aka Upperseven; played by Paul Hubschmitt, is a master of disguise by the use of masks. His task is to secure a transport of credit money for the union of some African states. An international gang manages to steal this money and wants to use it to build a missile base. Part of the film takes place in Rome.

Cast

Release

The Spy with Ten Faces was released in West Germany on April 22, 1966. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "Der Mann mit den tausend Masken". Filmportal.de. Retrieved May 1, 2016.
  2. Tom Lisanti, Louis Paul (10 April 2002). Film Fatales: Women in Espionage Films and Television, 1962–1973. McFarland, 2002. ISBN   978-0-7864-1194-8.
  3. Roberto Poppi, Mario Pecorari. Dizionario del cinema italiano. I film. Gremese Editore, 2007. ISBN   978-88-8440-503-6.
  4. Paolo Mereghetti. Il Mereghetti - Dizionario dei film. B.C. Dalai Editore, 2010. ISBN   978-88-6073-626-0.