The Spy with Ten Faces

The Spy with Ten Faces (Italian: Upperseven, l'uomo da uccidere, lit. 'UpperSeven, the Man to Kill', German: Der Mann mit den tausend Masken, lit. 'The Man of a Thousand Masks') is a 1966 Italian-West German Eurospy film written and directed by Alberto De Martino.^[2][3][4]

The Spy with Ten Faces
Directed by	Alberto De Martino
Screenplay by	Alberto De Martino[1]
Produced by	Luggi Waldleitner Emo Bistolfi[1]
Starring	Paul Hubschmid Karin Dor Vivi Bach Nando Gazzolo
Cinematography	Mario Fioretti[1]
Edited by	Elisabeth Kleinert-Neumann[1]
Music by	Bruno Nicolai[1]
Production companies	European Roxy Film GmbH & Co. KG[1]
Release date	22 April 1966 (1966-04-22) (West Germany)
Running time	103 minutes[1]
Countries	West Germany Italy[1]

Plot

Paul Finney aka Upperseven; played by Paul Hubschmitt, is a master of disguise by the use of masks. His task is to secure a transport of credit money for the union of some African states. An international gang manages to steal this money and wants to use it to build a missile base. Part of the film takes place in Rome.

Cast

• Paul Hubschmid as Paul Finney, the Upperseven
• Karin Dor as CIA agent Helen Farheit
• Vivi Bach as Birgit
• Nando Gazzolo as Kobras
• Rosalba Neri as Pauline
• Guido Lollobrigida as Santos
• Tom Felleghy as Gibbons
• Tullio Altamura as Bank director

Release

The Spy with Ten Faces was released in West Germany on April 22, 1966.^[1]

References

1. "Der Mann mit den tausend Masken". Filmportal.de. Retrieved May 1, 2016.
2. Tom Lisanti, Louis Paul (10 April 2002). Film Fatales: Women in Espionage Films and Television, 1962–1973. McFarland, 2002. ISBN 978-0-7864-1194-8.
3. Roberto Poppi, Mario Pecorari. Dizionario del cinema italiano. I film. Gremese Editore, 2007. ISBN 978-88-8440-503-6.
4. Paolo Mereghetti. Il Mereghetti - Dizionario dei film. B.C. Dalai Editore, 2010. ISBN 978-88-6073-626-0.

External links

• The Spy with Ten Faces at IMDb