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Code Name: Emerald (1985)
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27 September 1985 (USA)
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In april 1944, an allied agent is sent to France in order to rescue an "overlord" captured by the Germans...
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Stunning espionage film with great Ed Harris performance
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(Cast overview, first billed only) | Ed Harris | ... | Gus Lang |
 | Max von Sydow | ... | Jurgen Brausch |
 | Horst Buchholz | ... | Walter Hoffman |
| Helmut Berger | ... | Ernst Ritter |
| Cyrielle Clair | ... | Claire Jouvet |
 | Eric Stoltz | ... | Andy Wheeler |
 | Patrick Stewart | ... | Colonel Peters |
| Graham Crowden | ... | Sir Geoffrey Macklin |
| George Mikell | ... | Major Seltz |
| Gabriel Barylli | ... | Dieter Träger |
| Peter Bonke | ... | Johann |
| Tony Rohr | ... | Patrick Callaghan |
| Henri Lambert | ... | Andre |
| Ray Armstrong | ... | Willoughby |
| Julie Jézéquel | ... | Jasmine (as Julie Jezequel) |
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95 min
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Jonathan Sanger's directorial debut.
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Anachronisms: The aircraft in which the hero escapes from occupied France during WWII is a Holste MH1521 Broussard, a type which first flew in 1952.
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CODE NAME : EMERALD is an intelligent and intriguing World War 2 espionage film, based on the novel "The Emerald illusion", about a double agent (Ed Harris) in Paris in the days before D-Day. The film has many impressive moments of acting and production. The actors are brilliant, especially Ed Harris, he is at his best here, extremely virile, powerful and sensitive, and Horst Buchholz, who was already a veteran and an accomplished actor at this time, is perfectly cast as the deceitfully charming SS general, and Helmut Berger here in a very uncongenial role. Also fine performances by Max von Sydow, Eric Stoltz and Cyrielle Claire.
The lack of action is not a deficiency but an advantage, it contributes to the fact that the character of the film is rather more than less romantic. Particularly striking are the beautiful locations in Paris: Occupied France, Paris in the spring: The portrait of this era is vividly created. I am also deeply impressed by the musical score by John Addison. It adds a melancholic tone to the whole picture and it emphasizes the fact that all this happened a long time ago.