Three Faces East (1930 film)
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| Directed by | Roy Del Ruth |
| Produced by | Daryl Zanuck |
| Written by | Arthur Caesar Oliver H. P. Garrett |
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Three Faces East (play) by Anthony Paul Kelly |
| Starring | Constance Bennett |
| Music by | Paul Lamkoff |
| Cinematography | Barney McGill |
| Edited by | William Holmes |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc. |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Three Faces East is a 1930 American Pre-Code film directed by Roy Del Ruth, starring Constance Bennett and Erich von Stroheim. Produced by Daryl Zanuck and released by Warner Brothers it is based on a 1918 Broadway play about World War I spies, Three Faces East. It was filmed as a silent in 1926. A later remake starred Boris Karloff and Margaret Lindsay in British Intelligence.
The story takes place during World War I. The action opens on a French battlefield. After meeting with German spy Schiller Blacher (Erich von Stroheim), Z-1 (Constance Bennett) is sent on a mission to England. The action then moves into the London home of Sir Winston Chamberlain (William Holden- no relation to the 1950s star of the same name). Sir Winston does not know that his supposedly faithful butler, Vardar, is actually Blacher. When Z-1, as Frances Hawtree, arrives at the home, Vardar, who is in love with her, believes her to be a loyal German agent, but things turn out otherwise when she prevents him from sending a stolen code back to Germany and thus reveals her true allegiance.
The film survived complete. It was transferred unto 16mm film by Associated Artists Productions in the 1956-1958 and shown on television. A 16mm copy is housed at the Wisconsin Center for Film & Theater Research. Another print exists at the Library of Congress.
The film is now available on video-on-demand from WB Archive, WB Shop and Amazon.
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