beaten and later Cecil Schubert, who suffered a fractured skull, was personally recognized for his bravery by Mayor La Guardia. The film was the first anti-Nazi film from a major American studio. At the premier, there were almost as many policemen and special agents in the audience as customers. Wexley's script made a point of following the facts and real-life events of the Rumrich Nazi Spy Case whose participants went to trial in 1938. Reception and ban The film failed at the box office. Nonetheless, it won the 1939 National Board of Review Award for Best Film. The film was re-released in 1940 with scenes describing events that had taken place since the initial release, such as the invasions of Norway and the Netherlands. Scenes from Confessions of a Nazi Spy are shown in War Comes to America, the last of the Why We Fight propaganda film series, as well as the 2004 documentary film Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust. Confessions of a Nazi Spy was banned in Germany, Japan, and many Latin American and European countries. Norway also banned it in 1939. Adolf Hitler in particular banned all Warner Bros. productions from being shown in Nazi Germany as a result of the studio's work on the film. See also 1939 Nazi rally at Madison Square Garden Duquesne Spy Ring – 1941 case Confusions of a Nutzy Spy The Stranger (1946) – another film with an anti-Nazi theme also starring Edward G. Robinson Notes External links Confessions of a Nazi Spy: Warner Bros., Anti-Fascism and the Politicization of Hollywood at The Norman Lear Center 1939 films 1930s spy thriller films American black-and-white films American spy thriller films American propaganda films 1930s English-language films Anti-fascist propaganda films Films about the Federal Bureau of Investigation Films based on non-fiction books Films directed by Anatole Litvak Films produced by Hal B. Wallis Films scored by Max Steiner Spy films based on actual events Warner Bros. films World War II spy films Films set in Scotland Films set in New York City Seafaring films American World War II films 1930s American films Film censorship in Norway Film censorship in Japan