Noel Field

Der erfundene Spion

Werner Schweizer

The fictuous spy

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The American Noel Field was a key figure of the show trials of Eastern Europe. He himself was imprisoned without trial from 1949 to 1955, but remained in the East after his release. Why? The mystery of Noel Field.

The time: the early 1950s. The place: the socialist countries of Eastern Europe. The connection: Switzerland, Germany. – The staging of the show trials of the 1950s was an opportunity for Stalin to display his power. Intellectuals and Communists critical of the system were brought to trial and sentenced, in order to remove any possible threat to the Stalinist order. Many were condemned to death. The major accusation: spying for the American secret services. The major “proof”: any connection with Noel Field, the alleged American secret agent.

The charges were completely unfounded, the evidence based on a different set of facts. The accused actually had met Field: during wartime, in connection with their emigration from Fascist-occupied countries. Field, as American head of the Unitarian Service Committee, organised such emigrations, mainly to Switzerland.

Noël Field, his wife and his brother were also arrested in Hungary and imprisoned without charge. After 5 years they were suddenly released and declared innocent. Paradoxically, Field and his wife applied for political asylum in Hungary. Rumours began that the “Field Affair” had been organised by the American secret service. – But who was Field really: a naïve humanitarian who accidentally fell into the CIA’s trap, or really a double agent?

With Erika Wallach-Glaser, Hermann H. Field, Tonia Lechtmann, Rosa Demeter, Ivan Földi, Janos Bobo, Elsi Kende-Haus, Dorothea B. Jones, Arthur Schlesinger jr., Vladimir Farkas, Maria Schmidt, Andreas Hegedüs, György Aczel, Jenny Humbert-Droz.

“What Schweizer uncovered in archives and through interviews has the quality of a political thriller.”
Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung

Werner Swiss Schweizer

Born in 1955 in Kriens. Studied sociology, publicist and European folk literature at the University of Zurich. Screenwriter and producer of films and wine. Since 1982 independent journalist and author. 1976 Co-founder of the Genossenschaft Videoladen. 1987 Co-founder of Dschoint Ventschr Filmproduktion. 1989-90 Completed the European Producers’ Workshop (EAVE).

2008 VERLIEBTE FEINDE
2008 HIDDEN HEART - THE STORY OF CHRISTIAN BARNARD AND HAMILTON NAKI
2004 HÖLLENTOUR (Ko-Autor)
2003 ENGIADINA - ENGADIN IM HERBST
2003 FILMLANDSCHAFT (Buch)
2002 VON WERRA
1997 NOEL FIELD - DER ERFUNDENE SPION
1989 DYNAMIT AM SIMPLON
1986 GÜNZ, MINDEL, RISS & WÜRM
1980 ZÜRI BRÄNNT

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