16 Facts About Colonel Redl

Colonel Redl is a 1985 biographical drama film by Hungarian director Istvan Szabo.

Colonel Redl, who comes from a humble background, enters military school as a boy and has an illustrious military career pushed forward by his loyalty to the crown.

Colonel Redl is never to forget that he owes his promising career to the Emperor.

At the military academy, the young Colonel Redl soon stands out for his talent, drive and loyalty to the Crown.

Colonel Redl suppresses his attraction to Kristof and transfers it, as best as he can, to Katalin, his friend's beautiful sister.

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In Vienna, Colonel Redl is able to renew his friendship with Katalin, who is, by then, unhappily married.

Colonel Redl is assigned to a garrison serving on the Russian border.

The discipline there is lax and Colonel Redl readily stands out as a serious-minded young officer.

On Katalin's suggestion, Colonel Redl undertakes a loveless marriage of convenience in order to quell rumors of his homosexual proclivities.

Colonel Redl's single-minded devotion to duty draws him into the orbit of the heir to the crown, Archduke Franz Ferdinand, who is a ruthless schemer .

Colonel Redl participates in one of the Archduke's plots, which involves setting up an aging Ukrainian officer for a dramatic fall so as to shake the army out of its complacency.

Colonel Redl contributes to his own downfall by allowing himself to be seduced by an Italian officer.

Colonel Redl is said to be a Ruthenian, while in fact his family was of German-Czech origin.

Colonel Redl's sister is shown as a poor illiterate peasant woman; in actuality, she was a school-teacher.

Colonel Redl was homosexual; however, he was not forced into suicide directly because of this.

When Colonel Redl's treachery was uncovered, he was encouraged to commit suicide.