Set during the fading glory of the Austro-Hungarian empire, the film tells of the rise and fall of Alfred Redl, an ambitious young officer who proceeds up the ladder to become head of the Secret Police only to become ensnared in political deception.
Klaus Maria Brandauer
as Alfred Redl
Hans Christian Blech
as von Roden
Armin Mueller-Stahl
as Thronfolger
Gudrun Landgrebe
as Katalin
Jan Niklas
as Christoph
László Mensáros
as Oberst Ruzitska
András Bálint
as Dr. Sonnenschein
László Gálffi
as Velocchio
Dorottya Udvaros
as Clarisse
Károly Eperjes
as Leutnant Schorm
Róbert Rátonyi
as Baron Ullmann
Gábor Svidrony
as Redl als Kind
