The Spy Who Came in from the Cold
by Martin Ritt
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Actor: Claire Bloom, George Voskovec, Oskar Werner, Richard Burton, Sam WanamakerDirector: Martin Ritt
Brand: BURTON,RICHARD
Cinematographer: Oswald Morris
Producer: Martin Ritt
Editor: Anthony Harvey
Writer: Guy Trosper
Writer: John le Carr?
Writer: Paul Dehn
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono; French (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono; English (Subtitled)
Format: Anamorphic, Black & White, Closed-captioned, Dolby, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.85:1
Running Time: 112 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2004-07-13
Audience Rating: Unrated
Studio: Paramount
Movie Reviews of The Spy Who Came in from the Cold
Movie Review: more cynical than I thought
Summary: 5 Stars
A stunning film made from a stunning book--how Le Carre was able to get this book cleared by MI5 is beyond me. I believe moreover though I cannot yet prove it that it is in part based on facts. Without giving anything away I am fairly sure that the East German judge was asctually based on quite a distinguished woman related either to Brecht or Walter Benjamin. Moreover I have always thought that the Slansky trials may have been the historical source for Le Carre--again no proof. Finally as the film opens we see one of Burton's last agents killed as he tries to get through the Berlin wall. Given what "Control" is planning it now occurs to me that in order to get Leamus (Burton) ready(i.e. depressed and cynical) for his new mission, Control may have let us say acquested to his own agents death--this would have been going on before the book or film begins--I hope I make myself obscure but I think this possibility will be clear to those who have either read Le Carre's book or seen Ritt's fim both of which to misquote Graham Greene only slightly are the best Spy novel and film I have ever read or watched
Summary of The Spy Who Came in from the Cold
A veteran spy wants to \come in from the cold" to retirement but undertakes one last assignment in which he pretends defection and provides the enemy with sufficient evidence to label their leader a double agent.Genre: Feature Film-Action/Adventure
Rating: NR
Release Date: 28-MAR-2006
Media Type: DVD"""
John le Carre's classic spy yarn gets a suitably brisk, unromanticized telling in this quintessential Cold War movie. A British agent (Richard Burton) sets up an elaborate cover story for being lured into defecting to the Communists, but he hardly needs to manufacture his disgust and cynicism over spying. The grim business of point-counterpoint espionage has rarely been depicted with less glamour; Burton's great climactic speech on the subject is the definitive take on sinking to the level of the enemy. Claire Bloom is an offbeat love interest, and a bearded Oskar Werner is an East German investigator on Burton's case (the pecking order in the Communist spy hierarchy is a source of black humor). Director Martin Ritt extends his unvarnished approach to the movie's stripped-down look, which means that Richard Burton is constantly in a harsh, unflattering light. He looks terrible, but it's in the service of a fine performance. --Robert Horton
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