The Spy Who Came In from the Cold
1965 · Movie · 107 min. · United Kingdom
When a fellow British agent is killed at Checkpoint Charlie right before his eyes, Alec Lemas, head of the Berlin station, returns to London headquarters. There his boss, Control, inquires if he is tired, burnt out, ready to come in from the cold. Control suggests that there is a vacancy, a desk job, that might interest him, but Alec declines adamantly. Thus, Control immediately mentions that he has something out of the ordinary in mind for a man called Hans-Dieter Mundt, who in 1959 posed as a member of an East German steel mission.
Direction Martin Ritt
Cast Richard Burton · Claire Bloom · Oskar Werner · Peter van Eyck · Sam Wanamaker · George Voskovec · Rupert Davies · Cyril Cusack · Michael Hordern · Robert Hardy · Bernard Lee · Esmond Knight · Beatrix Lehmann
Soundtrack Sol Kaplan
Screenplay Paul Dehn · Guy Trosper · John Le Carré
Cinematography Oswald Morris
Original title The Spy Who Came In from the Cold
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