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Director:
Anthony Mann
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Writer:
Derek Marlowe (novel)
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Release Date:
2 April 1968 (USA) See more »
Genre:
Drama | Thriller See more »
Tagline:
A Double Agent in Double Danger!
Plot:
Double-agent Alexander Eberlin is assigned by the British to hunt out a Russian spy, known to them as Krasnevin... See more » | Add synopsis »
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NewsDesk:
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Per Oscarsson obituary
 (From The Guardian - Film News. 8 February 2011, 4:00 PM, PST)
The Forgotten: Cold Warrior
 (From MUBI. 11 August 2010, 7:52 PM, PDT)
Rare Movies Alert! Mia Farrow In "See No Evil" And "A Dandy In Aspic" On TCM Monday Night
 (From CinemaRetro. 27 September 2009, 4:07 AM, PDT)
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Cast

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Laurence Harvey ... Eberlin

Tom Courtenay ... Gatiss

Mia Farrow ... Caroline

Harry Andrews ... Fraser

Peter Cook ... Prentiss
Lionel Stander ... Sobakevich
Per Oscarsson ... Pavel
Barbara Murray ... Miss Vogler
John Bird ... Henderson
Norman Bird ... Copperfield
Geoffrey Bayldon ... Lake
Calvin Lockhart ... Brogue
James Cossins ... Heston-Stevas
Michael Trubshawe ... Flowers
Lockwood West ... Quince
Geoffrey Lumsden ... Ridley
Elspeth March ... Lady Hetherington
Richard O'Sullivan ... Nevil
Mike Pratt ... Greff
Monika Dietrich ... Hedwig
George Murcell ... Sgt Harris

Vernon Dobtcheff ... Stein
Stefan Gryff ... Russian
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Geoffrey Denton ... Pond (uncredited)
John Hamill ... (uncredited)
Arthur Hewlett ... Moon (uncredited)
James Payne ... Taxi Driver (uncredited)
Paulene Stone ... Red Bird (uncredited)
Rosa von Praunheim ... (uncredited)
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Directed by
Anthony Mann 
Laurence Harvey (finished film after Mann died) (uncredited)
 
Writing credits
(in alphabetical order)
Derek Marlowe  novel (as Derek Marlow)

Produced by
Leslie Gilliat .... associate producer
Anthony Mann .... producer
 
Original Music by
Quincy Jones 
 
Cinematography by
Christopher Challis 
Austin Dempster 
 
Film Editing by
Thelma Connell 
 
Casting by
Maude Spector 
 
Art Direction by
Carmen Dillon 
Patrick McLoughlin 
 
Costume Design by
Pierre Cardin 
 
Makeup Department
Jill Carpenter .... makeup artist
 
Production Management
Harold Buck .... production manager
 
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Jimmy Komisarjevsky .... assistant director
 
Sound Department
Peter Davies .... sound
Chris Greenham .... dubbing sound
Gerry Humphreys .... sound re-recording mixer
 
Camera and Electrical Department
Roy Larner .... gaffer
 
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Betty Adamson .... wardrobe
 
Music Department
Jack Hayes .... orchestrator
Quincy Jones .... conductor
Leo Shuken .... orchestrator
 
Other crew
Ronnie Le Drew .... puppeteer
Elaine Schreyeck .... script supervisor (uncredited)
 

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Additional Details

Also Known As:
"Dandy in Aspic" - International (English title) (informal short title)
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Runtime:
107 min
Country:
UK
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 See more »
Sound Mix:
Mono (RCA Sound Recording)
Certification:
West Germany:12 (re-rated) | West Germany:16 | UK:12 (video rating) (2007) | UK:A | Portugal:M/12 | Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15
Filming Locations:
Avus race track, Berlin, GermanySee more »
Company:
Columbia British ProductionsSee more »

Did You Know?

Trivia:
The film's ending was directed by the Laurence Harvey who also directed some scenes shot in Berlin. Anthony Mann directed all of the scenes in Surrey and London as well as some of the Berlin scenes.See more »
Quotes:
Caroline:George, will you be going back to London now?
Eberlin:Probably.
Sobakevich:Are they all as pretty as you there?
Caroline:No. I'm the only one.
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in Greetings (1968)See more »

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11 out of 12 people found the following review useful.
may be pretentious but not boring, 2 March 2006
Author: RanchoTuVu from Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico

Dour spy film full of ambiance and interesting scenes, filmed on location in London and Berlin, in color, with an interesting story about a Russian spy who has been infiltrated into the British spying agency for eighteen years and wants to go back home. The twist is that he's done such a good job for the Russians, that the British want him killed. The added twist is that we're led to believe that they (the British) don't know about him (his true identity), and send him to Berlin to kill the Russian mole (himself). Who better to play the part than the intense Laurence Harvey? Combine him with Per Oscarsson as his Russian contact, the two of them both homesick and tired of the existential life of a spy, and both doomed, and you get a pretty brooding picture. Harvey's romance with Mia Farrow doesn't add much, but attempts to put him in some kind of human warmth out of the cold and danger of the spy world. If the film is pretentious, it's because of the Cold War world of espionage that it seeks to portray, Sartre existentialism with touches of Kafka, as well as swinging 60's jet set James Bond scenes, such as a great scene at the German Grand Prix, featuring Tom Courtenay with a rifle disguised as a cane, and the sophisticated and elegant opening theme written by Quincy Jones.

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