To Skin a Spy (1966)
"Avec la peau des autres" (original title)

Director:

Jacques Deray

Writers:

Gilles Perrault (novel), Georges Bardawil (dialogue),

Stars:

Lino Ventura, Jean Bouise, Marilù Tolo

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Lino Ventura	...	Pascal Fabre
Jean Bouise	...	Margeri
Marilù Tolo	...	Anna
Jean Servais	...	Wegelt
Wolfgang Preiss	...	Chalieff
Louis Arbessier	...	Le colonel
Adrian Hoven	...	Kern
Ellen Bahl	...	Mme Kern (as Ellen Baal)
Charles Regnier	...	Erfuhrt
Mino Doro
Paul Pavel	...	Un tueur de Ermolov
Raoul Guylad	...	Karl
Guy Mairesse	...	Un tueur de Ermolov

Storyline

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Plot Keywords:

henchman | classical concert | limp | microfilm | vienna austria | 

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Genres:

Thriller

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Details

Country:

France Italy

Language:

French German English

Release Date:

24 August 1966 (France)

Also Known As:

With the Lives of Others

Filming Locations:

Konzerthaus, Vienna, Austria

Company Credits

Production Co:

Les Films de Montfort, Fida Cinematografica, Arca-Filmproduktion GmbH

Technical Specs

Runtime:

90 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

User Reviews

TO SKIN A SPY (Jacques Deray, 1966) **

Even if spy thrillers (which, naturally, proliferated during the Cold War) are favorites of mine, sometimes I find it hard to follow the films' convoluted plots -which, more often than not, end up not being all that interesting or even the central focus of the films themselves! However, I must say that this particular example takes the cake: never during the course of the 90-plus minutes of the film is it made at all clear just which side the various characters are on and what kind of information they're peddling! In spite of this, the film is rendered watchable by the typically gloomy East European settings, its constant double-crosses and moments of violence and, above all, its weathered gallery of performers - Lino Ventura, Jean Servais, Wolfgang Preiss, Jean Bouise and Rene' Koldehoff (the cast also includes Adrian Hoven and Marilu' Tolo, who's wasted as the only female in the group).