I Was a Spy (1933)

During World War I, a young nurse in a hospital in German-occupied Belgium is secretly feeding military information to the British. Complicating matters is the guilt she feels when she has to treat the German casualties inflicted as a result of the information she's passed on, and the fact that the local German commandant is falling in love with her.
Director
Victor Saville
Writers
Ian Hay(additional dialogue) W.P. Lipscomb(dialogue) Martha Cnockhaert McKenna(autobiography)
Stars
Herbert Marshall, Conrad Veidt, Madeleine Carroll

[@kailuakidd1512]

Excellent classic, thank you

[@sarahgodwin-xd1wr]

I love this film!!

[@maryrekar2150]

Excellent movie. Thank you.

[@bobbythorman7421]

This was of course a fictionalised version of the life of Edith Cavell,a British nurse who nursed British,French and German soldiers in Belgium during the early part of the First World War.She was executed by a German firing squad in 1915. Her story is not the most common in history but is certainly amongst the bravest.She was of course not the only nurse in Belgium to aid both sides of the wounded,simply the most distinguished and now forgotten after 100 years of history.

[@exploringworldwar2]

This is not fictionalised version of the life of Edith Cavell. This is the true story of Marthe Cnockaert a Belgian nurse & spy en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marthe_Cnockaert

[@oriontaylor]

Not a fictionalised Edith Cavell, but based on the actual Marthe Cnockaert's memoirs.

[@johnthorpe8341]

SHE IS NOT FORGOTTEN BY EVERYONE THIS SYSTEM IS ON ITS KNEES TO THE NEW SUSTEMS AI THE NEW WORLD ELITES GLOBAL MIGRATION etc

[@oldfarmhorace1]

Edith Cavell is certainly not forgotten.

[@90FF1]

As Kate commented. The title is akin to naming Buckingham Palace a building. Beautiful Madeleine Carroll sets the bar high for acts to follow. Thank you for bringing this film to You Tube.

[@simonf8902]

Great cast. Madeleine Carroll soon to be in 39 Steps Herbert Marshall and always sinister later the baddie in Foreign Correspondent. Conrad Veight is superb.

[@musicalme27]

*Veidt*

[@simonf8902]

@@musicalme27 thank you

[@1LSWilliam]

She is so strong and convincing. I had no idea this film even existed.

[@winonamassingill7895]

My goodness, she was absolutely gorgeous. Those tear sparkling eyes. Incredible. 👀👀👀🥺🥺🥺

[@falconvisionuav]

It’s so funny to watch a cultural phenomenon being played out through the medical profession. If we were to see the American version of a nurse in the same year , we would never witness a male nurse playing the same role. Culturally Europe has always been the leader , but America always lagged behind . In 2023 the left has reduced our ability to become leaders in the Arts, science, technology, politics, culture, and now basic freedoms. Watching these old movies gives me a clear picture of what types of influence was being tolerated or experimented through the art of acting in movies. If you want to measure how far we have gone? Just look at our churches,schools,and entertainment. There are no more heroes and certainly there are no more leaders never mind individualistic themes that inspire courage, faith, hope, exploration…etc.etc. God bless us all

[@katyaflippinov9197]

**No Spoiler** The worst thing about this film is the title which could be pasted on any espionage flick. The film deserves better. Madeline Carroll's face is as legible as a book-- marvelous. I had never heard of her. This film is based on an autobiography. Huge cast. Believable exterior scenes. Involves use of Chlorine Gas during WW1. Absolutely worth watching.

[@Roger-ex3jw]

Yeah. What Kate said.

[@keithharvey6354]

She was in The 39 Steps with Robert Donat.

[@heatherhinde6544]

The cruely of the German military both in WW1 and in WW2 was despicable.

[@keithharvey6354]

Edmund Gwenn was Kris Kringle in Miracle on 34th Street.

[@sjbock]

The character named Scotty, the prisoner of war patient in the hospital who escaped before being sent to a camp, was played by Nigel Bruce who was Dr. Watson to Basil Rathbone's Sherlock Holmes. Nigel Bruce was also a cousin of Christopher Plummer.

[@jstearns918]

A very wonderful dramatisation, beautifully acted by Madeleine Carroll and Herbert Marshall....thank you.

[@whoknows2054]

It's interesting How creative the director was on this film .

[@heatherbowlan1961]

Great classic thank you for keeping these classics alive

[@dvmagallanes69]

Great movie loves develop under the war and the chemistry of the stars Herbert marshal and Madeline Carroll was superb

[@fritula6200]

These films are the history of the Past.

[@NancySanders-om4ic]

Yes,they are,a realistic perspective .Thank you.

[@RideoutMr]

worth watching.

[@jasonrandall5148]

Thinking most of the people in this film were born in the 1800s.

[@shelleymcafee8197]

Excellent portrayal of the times, conditions and tough-choices One must make in such a scenario - one that has indeed happened many-times throughout History. …I found this excellent, the acting and directing extremely emotive and effective. Thank-You!

[@deerhoda7574]

Good movie.

[@shelleynobleart]

How on earth did they get the tracking shot on a stone street without any extraneous camera movement?! There wasn't track on the ground to be seen and gimbals weren't used yet? It's at 14:40. And for 1933 it's an incredible shot. Heck, for 2022 it's incredible.

[@Alistair14]

Spoiler: the cobbles, the stonework on the walls, the pavement etc., were all painted, and very expertly to boot..

[@alemontreemydearwatson9775]

This movie definitely hit me in the feels a few times.

[@3lightsteps]

Thank You 👋

[@NancySanders-om4ic]

A very,very well acted movie.Thank you,for sharing it.

[@daveallen63]

Unfortunately the blood and tears will always flow, there will never be an end.

[@marks9820]

Armageddon will be the end. Then a new heaven and a new earth.

[@daveallen63]

@@marks9820 Then a new round of blood and tears, the cycle will unfortunately never end.

[@MrTibbs2163]

Herbert Marshal who lost his left leg to a German sniper in 1917 at the 2nd Battle of Arras on the Western Front

[@marymary1877]

That was amazing. What an amazing woman

[@simonf8902]

Great spy work here.

[@simonf8902]

A closely veiled warning movie about the rise again of Germany and the Nazis.

[@jstearns918]

"Don't make me repeat myself", said History!

[@mariamarisi6154]

Thank you for the great movie. ❤

[@GrumblingGrognard]

Wonderful old movie!

[@sageparsely2365]

Great movie! Bag PIPES will always be the joyous sound of freedom!

[@seriagungnurastarlight]

A very grand war story. Thank you🙏

[@touchsong999]

LOOSH farming

[@keithharvey7230]

Six mins Doctor Watson!

[@johnmitchelljr]

Great cast I’m sure this is a very good movie. Thanks for sharing.

[@normanbrown9225]

With in my Heart & Soul I find love and empathy for All the different people in the human race, Often I wonder if I was Reincarnated in the family or tribes of these people, may GOD Bless us All.

[@nursedaniel72]

I know I was reincarnated from a Nazi concentration camp guard in WW2 . I'm glad I became a male nurse in this life.

[@normanbrown9225]

@@nursedaniel72 There Are things that your Soul Knows that are hidden in the Inner Senses of your Mind, that can not be denied. Amen.

[@keithharvey7230]

Eva Moore The Old dark house.'No beds, they cant have beds!'

[@NancySanders-om4ic]

Yes,that is an infamous,fun line!

[@RetiredSchoolCook]

🥰 Thank you 👍 Good movie 👍 🎥🎬 Sept . 28 , 2023

[@chantalsscaleisafibber]

They should do a remake of this movie as a great story and probably more people will watch a newer version rather than an old black and white which is sad in a way as there are a lot of great black and white movies.

[@j.w.2391]

Excellent film with a heavyweight cast of acting notables---Herbert Marshall, Conrad Veidt and Gerald DuMaurier. Madeleine Carroll is a most elegant (that aristocratic Voice) and capable actress...more than just a "pretty face". One sees the great intelligence Hitchcock recognized and effectively mobilized in his early films. A shame that Her name seems to be falling into a bit obscurity as deserves to be better known among 21st century audiences. I particularly liked her in The General Died at Dawn (36), another war adventure / spy film as the naive daughter of a munitions runner who matures fast. What's so remarkable about Carroll's biography and this film is that she did indeed suspend her Hollywood career during WWII to work as a Front Line Red Cross Nurse. So it becomes almost "biographical". She was highly decorated for her devotion to service. I wonder if these film roles (Blockade, 1938) inspired her that there was more to one's life than being a "glamour gal".

[@yomama8873]

Thank you 🤩🤩💖

[@daveallen63]

Feels like they took the premise of this story to make the comedy series Allo Allo. There have been several comedy series that took a piss out of a serious events in history.

[@cattymajiv]

I love Marshall and Veidt. Especially Conrad Veidt! He's a great actor and sexy as can be, except as a Nazi, although he plays it very well.

[@berlin1926]

Id like to see a film about how Belgium treated people in their colonies.

[@katyaflippinov9197]

I wonder about the wisdom of blaming all the people of a country for the inhumanity of their rulers. Evil people often obtain power by evil means and hold onto that power the the same means. Evil people are often masters at masking their true nature. Anyway...

[@1LSWilliam]

Beyond prescient The next war was so much worse.

[@stephenprewoznik2305]

This is the earliest movie where I have heard the Lord's name blasphemed.

[@ernaalarcon458]

Por favor en español

[@maxlinder5262]

VERY LOW VOLUME....!!!!!!!!!!!

[@luckybaring3907]

☆☆☆☆☆ 🙏 rose

[@nmjerry]

I'm not complaining, but I sort of wonder why Angela Lansbury claps or slaps her ta tas 3 times with both hands at about 5 minute mark?

[@keithharvey7230]

You need to lie down for a while after taking a stiff drink.

[@laradavenport903]

​@@keithharvey7230Asking questions first.

[@SLjansvrensb.]

Stop watching when misuse God's Name