Funeral in Berlin

Funeral in Berlin

1966 · 102 min · EN · 6.4 (119 votes)
Dir. Guy Hamilton · Starring Michael Caine, Paul Hubschmid, Oskar Homolka, Eva Renzi, Guy Doleman, Hugh Burden · Music Konrad Elfers · Harry Palmer Collection

It was going to be a lovely funeral. Harry ‘Ipcress File’ Palmer just hoped it wouldn’t be his …

Thriller

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.

VIBE

A cool, cynical spy thriller set against the backdrop of a divided Berlin. It's a tense, morally ambiguous game of cat and mouse, dripping with 60s atmosphere and espionage intrigue.

suspensefulgrittycynicalcoolsteadyspy-fi60s modneo-noirpolitical thrillerespionagebetrayalcold war paranoiaidentity
berlingermanyenglandberlin wallspycold warsecret intelligence servicedefectionswinging 60seast germanyharry palmer
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