The Spy with Ten Faces

1966 film

Luggi Waldleitner
Emo Bistolfi^[1]

Starring

Paul Hubschmid
Karin Dor
Vivi Bach
Nando Gazzolo

CinematographyMario Fioretti^[1]Edited byElisabeth Kleinert-Neumann^[1]Music byBruno 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]

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

Paul Hubschmid as Paul Finney, the Upperseven
Karin Dor as CIA agent Helen Farheit
Vivi Bach as Birgit
Nando Gazzolo as Kobras
Rosalba Neri as Pauline
Guido Lollobrigida as Santos
Tom Felleghy as Gibbons
Tullio Altamura as Bank director

Release

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

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ "Der Mann mit den tausend Masken". Filmportal.de. Retrieved May 1, 2016.
^ 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.
^ Roberto Poppi, Mario Pecorari. Dizionario del cinema italiano. I film. Gremese Editore, 2007. ISBN 978-88-8440-503-6.
^ Paolo Mereghetti. Il Mereghetti - Dizionario dei film. B.C. Dalai Editore, 2010. ISBN 978-88-6073-626-0.