Colonel Redl

Set during the fading glory of the Austro-Hungarian empire, the film tells of the rise and fall of Alfred Redl (Brandauer), an ambitious young officer who proceeds up the ladder to become head of the Secret Police only to become ensnared in political deception.

Colonel Redl is a 1985 drama biography movie directed by István Szabó, starring Armin Mueller-Stahl, Klaus Maria Brandauer, Hans Christian Blech. It holds an IMDb rating of 7.4/10 from 3,643 votes and runs 2h 24m.