Attack on Baku

Attack on Baku
Attack on Baku
Directed by	Fritz Kirchhoff
Written by	Hans Wolfgang Hillers [de]; Hans Weidemann;
Produced by	Hans Weidemann
Starring	Willy Fritsch; René Deltgen; Fritz Kampers; Hans Zesch-Ballot;
Cinematography	Robert Baberske
Edited by	Erich Kobler
Music by	Alois Melichar
Production; company	UFA
Distributed by	UFA
Release date	25 August 1942;
Running time	91 minutes
Country	Germany
Language	German

Attack on Baku (German: Anschlag auf Baku) is a 1942 German thriller film directed by Fritz Kirchhoff and starring Willy Fritsch, René Deltgen, and Fritz Kampers. The film was intended as anti-British propaganda during the Second World War. It is noted for its set designs by Otto Hunte, who showed a fascination for modern technology in his depiction of the oil town.^[1] The film was shot on location in German-allied Romania, and at Babelsberg Studio in Berlin.