Fresh
Veidt has a strong role for which he's admirably suited. Sebastian Shaw is excellent as the English naval officer. Valerie Hobson, as the other spy, is creditable.
Variety Staff, Variety
The Spy in Black
Today's U-boat terror makes this the year's timeliest picture!
1939 · 1h 22m · Approved
Thriller, War
Directed by
Michael Powell
Overview
A German submarine is sent to the Orkney Isles in 1917 to sink the British fleet.
Director and cast
- Michael Powell Director
- Conrad Veidt as Captain Hardt
- Sebastian Shaw as Ashington
- Valerie Hobson as The School Mistress
- Marius Goring as Schuster
- June Duprez as Anne Burnett
- Athole Stewart as The Rev. Hector Matthews
- Agnes Lauchlan as Mrs. Matthews
- Helen Haye as Mrs. Sedley
- Cyril Raymond Cast
- George Summers Cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
100%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Darkness, foreboding and regret, rather than any sense of propaganda, dominate this extraordinarily atmospheric World War I spy story made on the eve of World War II
Derek Adams, Time Out
Fresh
U-Boat 29 is the most exciting spy melodrama since the advent of the Second World War.
Frank S. Nugent, New York Times
Fresh
The film is dark and beautifully textured, though not as visually rich as the later, higher-budgeted Powell pictures.
Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader
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