The Salzburg Connection (1972) Online
An American lawyer on vacation in Europe is asked by a book publisher to stop by the Austrian town of Salzburg to see a photographer who's taking pictures for a book on picturesque Austrian lakes. Upon his arrival he senses that something is wrong when the photographer seems to have vanished, leaving a near panic-stricken wife and a sinister, secretive brother. Before he knows it, the lawyer finds himself mixed up with spies, assassins, and the hunt for a list made up by the Nazis during World War II of people who collaborated with them.
Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Barry Newman | - | Bill Mathison | |
Anna Karina | - | Anna Bryant | |
Klaus Maria Brandauer | - | Johann Kronsteiner (as Klaus-Maria Brandauer) | |
Karen Jensen | - | Elissa Lang | |
Joe Maross | - | Chuck | |
Wolfgang Preiss | - | Felix Zauner | |
Helmut Schmid | - | Grell | |
Udo Kier | - | Anton | |
Mischa Hausserman | - | Lev Benedescu (as Michael Haussermann) | |
Whit Bissell | - | Jim Newhart | |
Raoul Retzer | - | Large Man | |
Elisabeth Felchner | - | Trudi Seidl | |
Bert Fortell | - | Rugged Man | |
Adolf Beinl | - | Anton's Companion (as Alf Beinell) | |
Patrick Jordan | - | Richard Bryant |
Second and final film as a producer of Ingo Preminger, brother of Otto Preminger.
Theatrical film debut and American / Hollywood debut of Klaus Maria Brandauer.
Last film score by Bronislau Kaper. Most of his music was rejected and replaced by stock cues.
This movie was the second big picture from the 20th Century Fox studio to have a setting in Salzburg in Austria. The first had been their classic The Sound of Music (1965) seven years earlier.
This movie was made and released about four years after its source novel of the same name by author 'Helen Macinnes' was first published in 1968. This is the fourth and to date (March 2012) final screen adaptation of one of Macinnes' novels. The others were The Venetian Affair (1966), Above Suspicion (1943) and Assignment in Brittany (1943).
Fourth screen adaptation of a novel by 'Helen Macinnes'. The others were The Venetian Affair (1966), Above Suspicion (1943) and Assignment in Brittany (1943).
Trade paper 'Daily Variety' reported in November 1968 that Robert Fryer was originally slated to direct this film.
First American / Hollywood film of German cinematographer Wolfgang Treu.
Jeremy Kemp was listed as being in this movie's cast in a November 1971 edition of "Daily Variety", but he does not appear in the cast list.
Final role in a theatrical film for actress Karen Jensen.
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