Canaris

Admiral Canaris is chief of the intelligence service of Nazi Germany. His department is quite successful and Hitler grants him all the money he wants for new developments. Still he's a thorn in the side of the Nazi chiefs, since he's not as unscrupulous as they want him and is known to criticize their ideology.

Cast

O.E. Hasse

as Admiral Canaris

Barbara Rütting

Martin Held

as Obergruppenführer Heydrich

Wolfgang Preiss

as Oberst Holl

Adrian Hoven

as Oberleutnant Althoff

Charles Regnier

as Baron Trenti

Peter Mosbacher

as Fernandez

Arthur Schröder

as Herr von Harbeck

Alice Treff

as Fräulein Winter, Sekretärin

Joseph Offenbach

as Taxifahrer in Paris

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