The River Line
France 1944: American pilot Philip Sturgess is shot down but found by a resistance group. In the neighborhood Sturgess meets another American and shortly thereafter the British Major Barton, called “Reiher”. He claims to have fled a German prison camp. Shortly before leaving for Spain to escape the Nazis, Sturgess discovers that Barton has written a letter to Germany. This confirms the suspicion that he could be a German spy…
Top Billed Cast
Peter van Eyck
Der Reiher
Marie Versini
Marie
Walter Rilla
Pierre, Maries Vater
Fritz Wepper
Philip
Elfriede Kuzmany
Madame Claire
Featured Crew
Rudolf Jugert
Director
Herbert Reinecker
Screenplay
Wolf Englert
Production Design
Heidi Genée
Editor
Wolf Wirth
Director of Photography
Charles Morgan
Novel
Rolf A. Wilhelm
Original Music Composer