The Ambassador's Wife (1955 film)
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The Ambassador's Wife is a 1955 West German spy drama film directed by Hans Deppe. Starring Paul Hubschmid, Ingrid Andree, and Antje Weisgerber, the movie was produced by Constantin Film and shot in West Berlin and Lisbon. The plot follows a translator who marries a Scandinavian diplomat.
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id: 2cb1f435-1757-41c6-a4e2-ccb44898798c
title: The Ambassador's Wife (1955 film)
abstract: The Ambassador's Wife is a 1955 West German spy drama film directed by Hans
Deppe. Starring Paul Hubschmid, Ingrid Andree, and Antje Weisgerber, the movie was
produced by Constantin Film and shot in West Berlin and Lisbon. The plot follows
a translator who marries a Scandinavian diplomat.
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primary: '791.43'
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- 791.436.2
- '82.3'
udc_main_class: '7'
tags:
- film
- spy drama
- West Germany
- '1955'
- Hans Deppe
- Constantin Film
topics:
- Cinema
- Film History
- German Culture
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created_at: '2026-06-01T00:28:50.172940'
updated_at: '2026-06-01T02:11:51.539218'
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## Card: The Ambassador's Wife (1955 film)
The Ambassador's Wife is a 1955 West German spy drama film directed by Hans Deppe. Starring Paul Hubschmid, Ingrid Andree, and Antje Weisgerber, the movie was produced by Constantin Film and shot in West Berlin and Lisbon. The plot follows a translator who marries a Scandinavian diplomat.
## Classification
Primary: 791.43 | Secondary: 791.436.2, 82.3 | Tags: film, spy drama, West Germany, 1955, Hans Deppe, Constantin Film | Topics: Cinema, Film History, German Culture
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1955 film
The Ambassador's Wife Directed by Hans Deppe Written by Rolf Dortenwald Axel Eggebrecht Ilse Lotz-Dupont Produced by Wilhelm Gernhardt Hans Deppe Starring Paul Hubschmid Ingrid Andree Antje Weisgerber Cinematography Fritz Arno Wagner Edited by Johanna Meisel Music by Werner Eisbrenner Production company Constantin Film Distributed by Constantin Film Release date
4 August 1955  ( 1955-08-04 )
Running time 94 minutes Country West Germany Language German
The Ambassador's Wife ( German : Die Frau des Botschafters ) is a 1955 West German spy drama film directed by Hans Deppe and starring Paul Hubschmid , Ingrid Andree and Antje Weisgerber . [ 1 ] It was shot at the Spandau Studios in West Berlin and on location around Lisbon . The film's sets were designed by the art directors Willi Herrmann and Heinrich Weidemann .
Synopsis [ edit ]
The translator Sybille marries the Scandinavian diplomat Christian Lundvall and accompanies him on his new posting as ambassador to Portugal . However once there she is blackmailed by John, an agent of a foreign power, into stealing secret documents from her husband's safe .
Cast [ edit ]
Paul Hubschmid as John de la Croix
Ingrid Andree as Andrea Lundvall
Antje Weisgerber as Subylle Costa
Hans Stüwe as Christian Lundvall
Laya Raki as Manuela
Charles Regnier as Mattusch
Hans Quest as Holmgreen
Kurt Vespermann as Nilsson
Alice Treff as Charlotte Hendrik
Herbert Hübner as Paul de la Croix
Sandra Mammis as Juana
Hans Deppe
Wolf Harnisch  [ de ]
References [ edit ]
^ Parish p.276
Bibliography [ edit ]
Parish, James Robert. Film Actors Guide . Scarecrow Press, 1977.
External links [ edit ]
The Ambassador's Wife at IMDb
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