The Spy (German: Der Spion) is a 1917 German silent war espionage film directed by Karl Heiland and starring Ferdinand Bonn, Ellen Richter and Conrad Veidt.^[1] It was made as a propaganda film to support the German war effort during the First World War. It is now considered a lost film.

It was shot around Cologne and Düsseldorf.

An Italian spy enters the German Empire in an attempt to commit sabotage and steal secret documents from a large armaments factory.

• Ferdinand Bonn as Anzio, der Spion
• Ellen Richter as Gräfin Fonsecca
• Leontine Kühnberg as Else Bohl
• Conrad Veidt as Steinau
• Bruno Lopinski as Besitzer der Rüstungsfabrik

• John T. Soister. Conrad Veidt on Screen: A Comprehensive Illustrated Filmography. McFarland, 2002.

• The Spy at IMDb