Attack on Baku

August. 25,1942      
Rating:
5.5
Trailer Synopsis Cast

Azerbaijan, 1919. The British hope to secure control of the vast oil fields around Baku by launching a series of terrorist attacks on them. Hans Romberg, a German who is working as a security officer, battles with the British chief agent Captain Forbes and his associates. (Description from Wikipedia)

Willy Fritsch as  Hans Romberg, Security Service Officer
René Deltgen as  Captain Percy Forbes, British Chief Agent
Hans Zesch-Ballot as  Baku's Police Minister Barakoff
Paul Bildt as  Mr. Camps, US-Oil Magnate in Baku
Erich Ponto as  Mr. Jensen, Danish Oil Tycoon
Aribert Wäscher as  Mamulian, Armenian Oil Tycoon
Walter Janssen as  Hanson, Swedish Oil Tycoon
Fritz Kampers as  Mathias Ert
Peter Elsholtz as  British Lieutenant

Reviews

Odelecol
1942/08/25

Pretty good movie overall. First half was nothing special but it got better as it went along.

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FuzzyTagz
1942/08/26

If the ambition is to provide two hours of instantly forgettable, popcorn-munching escapism, it succeeds.

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Calum Hutton
1942/08/27

It's a good bad... and worth a popcorn matinée. While it's easy to lament what could have been...

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Philippa
1942/08/28

All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.

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