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Writers:
Henri-Georges Clouzot (writer)
Jérôme Géronimi (writer)
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Release Date:
19 September 1957 (West Germany) more
Genre:
Drama more
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An intriguing disappointment more

Cast

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Curd Jürgens ... Alex

Peter Ustinov ... Michel Kiminsky
O.E. Hasse ... Hugo Vogel
Sam Jaffe ... Sam Cooper
Paul Carpenter ... Col. Howard
Véra Clouzot ... Lucie
Martita Hunt ... Connie Harper
Gérard Séty ... Dr. Malik
Gabrielle Dorziat ... Madame Andrée l'infirmière
Louis Seigner ... Valette
Pierre Larquey ... Le chauffeur de taxi
Georgette Anys ... La buraliste
Jean Brochard ... Le surveillant-général
Bernard La Jarrige ... Le garçon de café (as Bernard Lajarrige)
Dominique Davray ... L'Alsacienne
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Le spie (Italy)
The Spies
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Runtime:
125 min
Country:
Italy | France
Language:
French
Aspect Ratio:
1.66 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Company:
Filmsonor more

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7 out of 10 people found the following comment useful:-
An intriguing disappointment, 16 September 2004
Author: TrevorAclea from London, England

From the director of the superb 'Wages of Fear,' 'Les Diaboliques,' 'Le Corbeau/the Raven' and 'Quai des Orfevres,' this is definitely something of a disappointment, albeit certainly a fascinating one. Entertaining and interesting, yes, but more Clouseau than Clouzot, after a good start it turns into a remarkably broad and at times joyously unsubtle parody of espionage and political ideology set in a nursing home. There's no suspense, merely an increasingly absurd succession of twists and outrageous characters, from Martita Hunt's vicious spy/nursing sister to Peter Ustinov's kleptomaniac/Russian spy via Sam Jaffe's paranoid Shakespeare teacher/CIA man, all after the mystery patient (Curd Jurgens in pajamas and sunglasses in a shuttered room) who may be a key scientist. And that's not mentioning the convention of ocarina players, the Germanic bartender or the garbage men who make no secret of spying on the establishment, or Vera Clouzot's mute mental patient…

More theatre of the Absurd than thriller, this must have mystified and confounded Clouzot's fans when it originally came out. It is full of ridiculously funny moments, at times seeming almost a forerunner of The Prisoner, but it does ultimately overstay its welcome. Not exactly a failure but certainly not a success, file under interesting curiosity.

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