holds an approval rating of 94% based on , with a weighted average rating of 9.2/10. Philip French of The Guardian wrote that the film "weaves together recurrent Lang themes of fate, fear, power and paranoia into a dynamic conspiracy thriller." Time Out described its tone as "somewhere between true pulp fiction and pure expressionism." Matthew Thrift of the British Film Institute meanwhile singled out the opening sequence as "a marvel of narrative economy in montage." Restoration A 143 minute version was restored in 2003-04 by the Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau Foundation thanks extensive research and co-operation with repositories all over the world. A high quality nitrate copy held at the National Film Archive in Prague was used as the restoration's basis, completed by copies from the Cinémathèque Française in Paris, the Filmarchiv Austria in Vienna, and the National Film and Sound Archive in Canberra. Some of the intertitles were restored from the Austrian copy, and an internegative from the state film archive Gosfilmofond in Domodedovo, Russia. The lab work was carried out by L'Immagine Ritrovata in Bologna. It is available on a DVD from Kino International Corporation. References External links Spione at Allmovie Spione at TCM Machinations of an Incoherent, Malevolent Universe by Adrian Martin Darragh O’Donoghue in senses of cinema 1928 films 1920s spy thriller films German silent feature films German spy thriller films Films of the Weimar Republic German black-and-white films Babelsberg Studio films Films directed by Fritz Lang Films with screenplays by Thea von Harbou Films with screenplays by Fritz Lang Films produced by Erich Pommer UFA GmbH films Films about clowns Horror films about clowns Silent thriller films Silent horror films 1920s German films