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| director = Fritz Kirchhoff

| writer =

| producer = Hans Weidemann

| starring =

| narrator =

| cinematography = Robert Baberske

| editing = Erich Kobler

| music = Alois Melichar

| studio = UFA

| distributor = UFA

| released =

| runtime = 91 minutes

| country = Germany

| language = German

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'Attack on Baku' is a 1942 German thriller film directed by Fritz Kirchhoff and starring Willy Fritsch, Ren 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. The film was shot on location in German-allied Romania, and at Babelsberg Studio in Berlin.

Synopsis



Azerbaijan, 1919. The British hope to secure control of the vast oil fields around Baku by launching a series of terrorist attacks on them. Hans Romberg, a German who is working as a security officer, battles with the British chief agent Captain Forbes and his associates.

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