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Director:
Writers:
Loring Mandel (screenplay)
John le Carré (novel)
Release Date:
19 October 1984 (USA) more
Tagline:
She will become their most deadly weapon. As long as they can make her fall in love.
Plot:
An American Actress with a penchant for lying is forceably recruited by Mosad, the Israeli intelligence agency to trap a Palestinian bomber, by pretending to be the girlfriend of his dead brother. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
1 nomination more
NewsDesk:
Oscar-Winning Director George Roy Hill Dies at 81
(From WENN. 27 December 2002)
User Comments:
Ideal treatment of terrorists more (20 total)
Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Diane Keaton | ... | Charlie | |
| Yorgo Voyagis | ... | Joseph | |
| Klaus Kinski | ... | Martin Kurtz | |
| Sami Frey | ... | Khalil | |
| Michael Cristofer | ... | Tayeh | |
| Eli Danker | ... | Litvak | |
| Ben Levine | ... | Dimitri | |
| Jonathan Sagall | ... | Teddy | |
| Shlomit Hagoel | ... | Rose | |
| Juliano Mer | ... | Julio | |
| Sabi Dorr | ... | Ben | |
| Doron Nesher | ... | David | |
| Smadar Brener | ... | Toby | |
| Shoshi Marciano | ... | Rachel | |
| Philipp Moog | ... | Aaron |
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130 min
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Color (Technicolor)
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1.85 : 1 more
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Certification:
Iceland:16 | Australia:M | Finland:K-16 | Norway:16 | Sweden:15 | USA:R | West Germany:16 (f)
Filming Locations:
Bavaria Filmstudios, Geiselgasteig, Grünwald, Bavaria, Germany more
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Cameo: [John le Carré]the policeman in the scene when Charlie goes to her London apartment. more
Quotes:
Charlie:
So I lied, that only makes us even. I don't see what it has to do with my politics.
Joseph:
Possibly they're as much a lie as your past.
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Referenced in "Cybill: The Little Drummer Girls (#3.12)" (1996) more
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Instead of "rethinking its policies" or "trying to understand the terrorists", the Israeli government, as accurately portrayed in this movie, has developed a novel approach to dealing with fanatical groups that attack civilians: blow them to smithereens!!!!! A truly no-nonsense film, with some beautiful Mediterranean locations, the Little Drummer Girl does come off as somewhat cheap in the technical sense (a larger budget could've ensured some truly dazzling action scenes, and lessened the dependence on dragged-out dialogue). Still, the authentic depiction of Mossad antiterrorism techniques (surveillance, baiting, seizure, interrogation, assasination) more than compensated for the occasionally low-budget climate. The acting was excellent, and though some may feel Diane Keaton looked too old for her role (a difficult claim to dispute when viewing the Oscar winner's sex scenes), her inadequacies were well concealed by brilliant performances from Yorgo Voyagis, Eli Danker, and Klaus Kinski. One of my favorite lines in the film was when Danker's character, Litvak, asks why they can't just seal off the German town where a bomber is hiding, and Marty Kurtz (Kinski) replies "This isn't the West Bank, Shimon."