Find out if alternate versions exist for the adventures of tartu, 1943, directed by harold s. The adventures of tartu 1943 the movie database tmdb. Fluent in romanian and german and having studied chemical engineering, he is parachuted into romania to assume the identity of captain jan tartu, a member of the fascist iron guard. Stevenson, a british soldier fluent in rumanian and german, goes undercover to sabotage a german poisongas factory. A british agent, sent to blow up a nazi poison gas factory in czechoslovakia. He is parachuted into romania to assume the identity of captain jan tartu so that he can sabotage a nazi chemical plant.
Terms of activation by activating, you agree that you want to enable cloud technology to access your xfinity stream subscription on additional supported devices like computers and tablets, as well as the tv connected to your settop dvr via comcasts network. Captain terence stevenson with the british army is part of the bomb disposal unit in london, his primary job to defuse them. British captain terence stevenson robert donat accepts an assignment even more dangerous than his everyday job of defusing unexploded bombs. Ww2 spy flick featuring robert donat as some kind of ubercool protojames bond. Bucquet, with robert donat, valerie hobson, walter rilla. Before putting tartu in touch with the underground, the shoemaker is arrested in a gestapo raid, but tartu escapes. Wearing a german uniform, tartu then goes to work at a war materiel plant and is told to keep his eyes open for czechs who try to stop production. Posing as an ineffectual milquetoast, donat is hired as a chemist in a nazicontrolled poison gas factory. This movie is also known under its american title sabotage agent. The adventures of tartu 1943 wwiiadventure youtube. The adventures of tartu stars robert donat as a rumanianborn british spy, dispatched to czechoslovakia during world war ii. The adventures of tartu 1943 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
The adventures of tartu alternate british title and american release title. It was a morale booster of the era portraying nazis as highly corruptible due to their desire to seduce women and to gain personal advancement. Adventures of tartu 1943 full movie captioned youtube. He plays a british captain who is sent behind enemy lines into czechoslovakia on a sabotage mission, with the. Overview of the adventures of tartu, 1943, directed by harold s. Sabotage agent, also known as tartu is a 1943 british second world war spy film directed by harold s. The film, adventures of tartu, is a one of the best ww ii british propoganda films. In attaining his objective he impersonates captain jan tartu, a member of the rumanian iron guard.
Despite having no experience as a spy, he is asked by his superiors, because of his academic background as a chemical engineer and being fluent in romanian and german, to. But when his contacts are destroyed, his cover may get him killed by the very underground he needs to succeed. It was a typical flag waver of the era, portraying nazis as highly corruptible due to their desire to. The video is dark and the audio is way out of sync so badly it. The adventures of tartu is a 1943 british second world war spy film directed by harold s. The adventures of tartu is a propaganda spy thriller.
This great film will surely attract a whole new generation of classic movie fans. Sabotage agent 1943 is a british spy thriller starring robert donat, valerie hobson, and glynis johns, directed by harold s. Working in concert with the underground, our hero spends his offhours dismantling the nazi operation. Adventures of tartu, the original trailer trailer clip adventures of tartu, the original trailer adventures of tartu, the original trailer airing. Buy the adventures of tartu dvd manufactured on demand at. The adventures of tartu 1943 turner classic movies. Arriving in czechoslavakia, tartu stops at the shop of his contact, a shoemaker. Sabotage agent, aka tartu, is a 1943 british second world war spy film starring robert donat. The adventures of tartu 1943 the adventures of tartu. The blitz blazes on in england, but captain terence stevenson donat, has been. An undercover agent robert donat battles nazis to save an aviation plant in the adventures of tartu 1943.
A british soldier fluent in rumanian and german, goes undercover to sabotage a german poisongas factory. He makes his way to czechoslovakia to steal the formula of a new. Bucquet, with robert donat, valerie hobson, walter rilla, at turner classic movies. With robert donat, valerie hobson, walter rilla, glynis johns. Jan tartu is a secret british undercover agent sent to sabotage a poisoned gas factory. Robert donat the adventures of tartu 1943 part 12 video. His complete adventures from famous funnies 19411943. In this ww ii espionage adventure set in 1940, british captain terence stevenson is. Its not long before tartu discovers that paula is a member of the underground and maruschka an allied agent.
And for seasoned cinematic connoseuirs, sabotage agent adventures of tartu. British captain terence stevenson robert donat accepts an assignment even more dangerous than his everyday wartime job of defusing unexploded bombs. The adventures of tartu trailer turner classic movies. He turns himself into a member of the rumanian iron guard. To do this, stevenson assumes the identity of jan tartu, a noted rumanian chemical. The adventures of tartu 1943 full classic movie youtube. Robert donet is one of the finest actors of that era. The adventures of tartu 1943 wwiiadventure pizzaflix. Donat plays stevenson who plays jan tartu of the romanian iron guard who is actually dead. His costar is the beautiful and elegant valerie hobson, who rooms in the same house as tartu.
His complete adventures from famous funnies 1941 1943. He makes his way to czechoslovakia to steal the formula of a new nazi poison gas. He turns himself into jan tartu, a member of the rumanian iron guard. Terence stevenson robert donat, a british soldier fluent in rumanian and german, goes undercover to sabotage a german poisongas factory. Robert donat plays a chemical engineer in the british army who bravely defuses unexploded bombs during the london blitz. Publication date 1943 usage public domain topics drama, romance, thriller, war, robert donat publisher metrogoldwynmayer british studios. While full scale efforts against germany in norway, greece and france were full scale disasters, the notion in propaganda films was that one man could wreak almighty justice upon the nazi monster. He takes the risk of getting killed by the very underground he needs to succeed. The severely asthmatic donat goes all out in this one, playing his tartu character to the hilt, preening and raising his arm as he says heil hitler every other minute, it seems. Despite having no experience as a spy, he is asked by his superiors, because of his academic background as a chemical engineer and being fluent in romanian.
The adventures of smilin jack 1943 episode 4 knives of vengeance. The adventures of tartu 1943 movie blether from old. Robert donat and friedrich richter in the adventures of tartu 1943 robert donat and valerie hobson in the. However, the video and audio transfer of the film by alpha home entertainment studio is terible. Because of his skills as an engineer, and his considerable knowledge of language, he is recruited for an undercover mission behind enemy lines. The adventures of tartu manufactured on demand on movies. Adventures of tartu 1943 aka tartu 1943 aka sabotage agent 1943 directed by harold bucquet with a story by john higgins and a screenplay by john lee mahin captains courageous 1937 and howard emmett rogers this slightly above average espionage thriller was the first film mgm studios was able to get robert donat to agree to do after his oscar winning performance in goodbye. Here, donat gives full value as british hero, stiff of lip and curly of quiff. The adventures of tartu 1943 wwiiadventure part 22.
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