Funeral In Berlin
1966 Directed by Guy Hamilton
Synopsis
Colonel Stok, a Soviet intelligence officer responsible for security at the Berlin Wall, appears to want to defect but the evidence is contradictory. Stok wants the British to handle his defection and asks for one of their agents, Harry Palmer, to smuggle him out of East Germany.
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Once again Harry Palmer (Michael Caine) is thrust into a mission blind to it's true intent only to slowly unravel a mystery which spills into the international arena with a cold-war Soviet Union defector, double crossing traitorous co-workers, the Israeli secret service and even an ex Nazi guard in hiding. Together it forms a sort of Rubik's Cube of 1960s espionage that is rather difficult to follow but smart in it's execution.
The highlight, of course, of this film is the continuing adventures of Harry Palmer, the character made famous by the superior 1965 IPCRESS FILE. Harry is the insubordinate, brash, master agent who through twists, turns and tricks brings his prey to justice in unique and unsuspecting ways. He…
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"I love Harry Palmer (Michael Caine)'s antidote to the pretentious slickness of the Bond films. This has gentle humour, no flashy gimmicks, lots of shots of 1960s Berlin. I found the plot difficult to follow, but that didn't really spoil my enjoyment of an excellent spy film."
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In the flurry of Britian's new found love for the spy genre thanks to James Bond, this is 'Goldfinger' director Guy Hamilton's crack at the Harry Palmer series of films, adapted from the books by Len Deighton. It is the second of three Palmer films starring Michael Caine that followed the characters from the initial film, T'he Ipcress File'.
Sent to Germany during the Cold War, Secret Servie operative Harry Palmer (Caine) must assist in the defection from Communist Head of Intel Colonel Stok (Oskar Homolka) from the East of the Berlin Wall to the Capitalist West. But Palmer soon discovers he is being used as a pawn in a Communist game and he must try to find the real…
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Once again Harry Palmer (Michael Caine) is thrust into a mission blind to it's true intent only to slowly unravel a mystery which spills into the international arena with a cold-war Soviet Union defector, double crossing traitorous co-workers, the Israeli secret service and even an ex Nazi guard in hiding. Together it forms a sort of Rubik's Cube of 1960s espionage that is rather difficult to follow but smart in it's execution.
The highlight, of course, of this film is the continuing adventures of Harry Palmer, the character made famous by the superior 1965 IPCRESS FILE. Harry is the insubordinate, brash, master agent who through twists, turns and tricks brings his prey to justice in unique and unsuspecting ways. He…
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"I love Harry Palmer (Michael Caine)'s antidote to the pretentious slickness of the Bond films. This has gentle humour, no flashy gimmicks, lots of shots of 1960s Berlin. I found the plot difficult to follow, but that didn't really spoil my enjoyment of an excellent spy film."
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A surprisingly strong spy thriller, greatly heightened by its location shooting in and around the Berlin Wall. Deviates from the novel but maintains some very sharp plot twists. Maintains the Harry Palmer grittiness but never reaches the heights of The Ipcress File.
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Harry is back minus the cray angles.