Directed by:
George SeatonScreenplay:
George SeatonCinematography:
Jean BourgoinComposer:
Alfred NewmanCast:
William Holden, Lilli Palmer, Hugh Griffith, Werner Peters, Wolfgang Preiss, Klaus Kinski, Eva Dahlbeck, Reinhard Kolldehoff, Albert Rueprecht (more)VOD (1)
Plots(1)
THE COUNTERFEIT TRAITOR reveals the shocking true story of Eric Erickson (William Holden), a Swedish-American businessman blackmailed by British Intelligence into posing as a Nazi sympathizer while actually spying for Allied forces. When his lover and fellow spy Mariana (Lilli Palmer) is discovered and murdered in front of him, Erickson must control his anger and act like he knew nothing of her political betrayal in order to return to freedom without being discovered himself. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
![William Holden](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/362/164362556_b112d1.jpg)
William Holden
USA
Best movies:
The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
Sunset Boulevard (1950)
The Towering Inferno (1974)
![Lilli Palmer](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/936/161936866_da068f.jpg)
Lilli Palmer
German Empire
Best movies:
Father's Trip (1966)
Julia, Du bist zauberhaft (1962)
The Boys from Brazil (1978)
![Hugh Griffith](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/381/164381911_3ef243.png)
Hugh Griffith
UK
Best movies:
Ben-Hur (1959)
How to Steal a Million (1966)
Man with a Million (1954)
![Werner Peters](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/574/159574455_00a972.jpg)
Werner Peters
German Empire
Best movies:
The Devil Strikes at Night (1957)
Die Unsichtbaren Krallen des Dr. Mabuse (1962)
Roses for the Prosecutor (1959)
![Wolfgang Preiss](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/948/157948878_e41596.jpg)
Wolfgang Preiss
German Empire
Best movies:
The Longest Day (1962)
A Bridge Too Far (1977)
The Train (1964)
![Klaus Kinski](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/483/164483894_d98e98.jpg)
Klaus Kinski
Best movies:
For a Few Dollars More (1965)
Doctor Zhivago (1965)
Fitzcarraldo (1982)
![Eva Dahlbeck](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/265/163265968_5beb0e.jpg)
Eva Dahlbeck
Sweden
Best movies:
Brink of Life (1958)
Smiles of a Summer Night (1955)
A Lesson in Love (1954)
![Reinhard Kolldehoff](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/412/412564_84abfd.jpg)
Reinhard Kolldehoff
German Empire
Best movies:
Don't Look Now: We're Being Shot At (1966)
The Damned (1969)
The Violent People (1970)
![Albert Rueprecht](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/789/159789757_b10b44.jpg)
Albert Rueprecht
Austria
Best movies:
The Winds of War (1983) (series)
War and Remembrance (1988) (series)
The Count of Monte-Cristo (1975) (TV movie)
![Günter Meisner](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/165/526/165526590_851a78.jpg)
Günter Meisner
German Empire
Best movies:
The Tin Drum (1979)
The Bridge at Remagen (1969)
Ace of Aces (1982)
Ulf Palme
Sweden
Best movies:
Girl with Hyacinths (1950)
Dreams (1955)
Here Is Your Life (1966)
![Erik Schumann](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/405/159405943_a4c051.jpg)
Erik Schumann
German Empire
Best movies:
Chinese Roulette (1976)
Slavers (1978)
Veronika Voss (1982)
![John Banner](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/446/159446651_3f30bb.jpg)
John Banner
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
One, Two, Three (1961)
It Started with Eve (1941)
The Story of Ruth (1960)
![Poul Reichhardt](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/166/466/166466504_5b45e7.jpg)
Poul Reichhardt
Denmark
Best movies:
The Olsen Gang in a Fix (1969)
Olsen-banden (1968)
Qivitoq (1956)
![Ingrid van Bergen](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/214/160214330_f3ef28.jpg)
Ingrid van Bergen
Poland
Best movies:
Wir Wunderkinder (1958)
Roses for the Prosecutor (1959)
Town Without Pity (1961)
![Phil Brown](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/326/160326521_f37b4b.jpg)
Phil Brown
USA
Best movies:
Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)
The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976)
Chaplin (1992)
![Peter Capell](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/399/160399108_5e14da.jpg)
Peter Capell
German Empire
Best movies:
Paths of Glory (1957)
One, Two, Three (1961)
Holocaust (1978) (series)
Friedrich Schütter
German Empire
Best movies:
The Millions Game (1970) (TV movie)
Battle Inferno (1959)
La morte in Jaguar rossa (1968)
![Ernst Schröder](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/739/160739649_8b5d3e.jpg)
Ernst Schröder
German Empire
Best movies:
The Longest Day (1962)
The Odessa File (1974)
The Man Between (1953)
![Karl-Heinz Kreienbaum](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/562/161562987_a612a2.jpg)
Karl-Heinz Kreienbaum
German Empire
Best movies:
Bekenntnisse des Hochstaplers Felix Krull (1957)
The Captain from Köpenick (1956)
A Night to Remember (1958)