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Nazi Agent (1942) is a propaganda espionage thriller directed by Jules Dassin in his first feature-length film for MGM.
It stars Conrad Veidt playing identical twins, one loyal to the United States, the other a dedicated German Nazi.
There is an uncommonly interesting patch of movie-making in the 1940s which intersects both espionage themed thrillers and the spy genre with film noir.
Nazi Agent (1942) by dint of its subject matter is a film concerned with identity and that which is hidden — a film of shadows and of betrayal — and although its director Jules Dassin went on to make some of the finest film noir known to humanity including the mighty Brute Force (1947) and The Naked City (1948) Nazi Agent is not a film noir — despite certain qualities.
