Secret File W.B.1 (German: Geheimakte W.B.1) is a 1942 German historical drama film directed by Herbert Selpin and starring Alexander Golling, Eva Immermann and Richard Häussler. The film portrays Wilhelm Bauer and his work on developing the submarine. It was based on the novel Der Eiserne Seehund by Hans Arthur Thies. It was shot at the Bavaria Studios in Munich. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Kurt Dürnhöfer, Fritz Lück, Bruno Lutz and Fritz Maurischat.
Cast
Alexander Golling as Wilhelm Bauer
Eva Immermann as Sophie Hösly
Richard Häussler as Großfürst Konstantin
Herbert Hübner as Admiral Brommy
Wilhelm P. Krüger as Vater Hösly
Günther Lüders as Schiffsbauer Karl Hösly
Willi Rose as Werftmeister Schultze
Gustav Waldau as König Maximilian
Justus Paris as Vorsitzender des Gerichts
Theo Shall as Mr. Wood
Walter Holten as General
Andrews Engelmann as Russischer Intrigant Trotzky
Karl Meixner as Senator
Viktor Afritsch as von Klamm
Albert Arid as Offizier der russischen Hafenwache
Karl Hanft as Tony
Michl Lang as Oberhofen
Richard Ludwig as Major der russischen Wache
Philipp Manning as Holm
Friedrich Ulmer as Dr. Hoffmann
Paul Wagner as Begleiter des König Maximilian
Aruth Wartan as Kenwolsky
Dolf Zenzen as Begleiter Trotzkys am bayerischen Hof