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Funeral in Berlin
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Overview

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6.8/10   1,592 votes
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Director:
Writers:
Len Deighton (novel)
Evan Jones (screenplay)
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Release Date:
24 February 1967 (Finland) more
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It was going to be a lovely funeral. Harry Palmer just hoped it wouldn't be his...
Plot:
A British agent is sent to Berlin to receive a Communist defector, but the true situation turns out to be rather more complicated. full summary | full synopsis
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Caine Keen To Bring Agent Palmer Back
 (From WENN. 14 September 2009, 1:06 AM, PDT)

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Funeral in Berlin- The best of the 3 'Harry Palmer' films more (22 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Michael Caine ... Harry Palmer
Paul Hubschmid ... Johnny Vulkan
Oskar Homolka ... Colonel Stok
Eva Renzi ... Samantha Steel
Guy Doleman ... Ross
Hugh Burden ... Hallam
Heinz Schubert ... Aaron Levine
Wolfgang Völz ... Werner
Thomas Holtzmann ... Reinhardt
Günter Meisner ... Kreutzman
Herbert Fux ... Artur
Rainer Brandt ... Benjamin
Rachel Gurney ... Mrs. Ross
John Abineri ... Rukel
David Glover ... Chico
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Additional Details

Runtime:
102 min
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Color (Technicolor)
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2.35 : 1 more
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Mono (Westrex Recording System)
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Trade screened to exhibitors on 15 November 1966. more
Quotes:
Harry Palmer: You're useless in the kitchen, why don't you go back to bed. more
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Referenced in Bullet to Beijing (1995) more

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6 out of 7 people found the following review useful.
Funeral in Berlin- The best of the 3 'Harry Palmer' films, 24 October 2006
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Author: kaiserdave73 from United Kingdom

Funeral in Berlin, in my view, remains the best of the 3 Harry palmer films. Dispensing with the mandatory 60's 'brainwashing'and over-played 'spy' sequences of the Ipcress file. Funeral in Berlin benefits greatly from being shot on location, adding to the authenticity and nervy cold war tension of the original novel. (Actually at least 2 other sub-plots are ditched to save on running time & viewer brain fatigue)The plot, although condensed, remains coherent and totally logical. For anyone wanting explosions, car chases and all the other dreary staples of the 'spy thriller' - forget it. Harry Palmer travels to see his boss on a bus and only receives a gun (at his request) over half way through the film! Watch it for atmosphere, razor-sharp dialogue and a great in-joke regarding Lownbrau beer... Michael Caine is at his world-weary best and supported by a fine cast, all adding to arguably the most 'authentic' spy film of the 60's. as for Billion dollar brain- Have you ever seen it? Listen to the theme tune & turn off!!

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