Midnight in Saint Petersburg (1996)

Former British secret agent Harry Palmer now runs a Private Investigation company in Russia. He gets a job to locate and recover a consignment of stolen Plutonium, and with the help of ... See full summary »

Director:

Douglas Jackson

Writers:

Len Deighton (characters), Harry Alan Towers

Stars:

Michael Caine, Jason Connery, Yuri Limonty

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Michael Caine	...	Harry Palmer
Jason Connery	...	Nikolai Petrov
Yuri Limonty	...	Circus Clown
Tanya Jackson	...	Tatiana
Michael Scherer	...	Mafiosa
Michelle Burke	...	Brandy (as Michelle Rene Thomas)
Gabriel Vorobyov	...	Driver
Michael Sarrazin	...	Craig
Lev Prygunov	...	Colonel Gradsky (as Lev Prygonuv)
Olga Anokhina	...	Greta
Yuri Petrov	...	General Kornikov (as Yuro Petrov)
Anatoli Davydov	...	Yuri (as Anatoly Davidov)
Serge Houde	...	Dr. Vestry
Ingolf Gorges	...	Club Manager
Evgeniy Zharikov	...	Feodor (as Yevgeni Ilycy Zharikov)

Storyline

Former British secret agent Harry Palmer now runs a Private Investigation company in Russia. He gets a job to locate and recover a consignment of stolen Plutonium, and with the help of colleague Nikolai Petrov he sets off to St. Petersburg to try and find it. Along the way he must deal with the violent Russian Mafia, and also find Nikolai's girlfriend Tatiana who has been kidnapped.

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Plot Keywords:

sequel | spy | place name in title | time in title | city name in title | 

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Taglines:

No One Can Be Trusted. Nothing Is As It Seems. One Wrong Move Could Cost Everything.

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Genres:

Thriller

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Certificate:

R

Details

Country:

UK Russia Canada

Language:

English

Release Date:

1996 (Finland)

Also Known As:

Il nostro agente Palmer

Filming Locations:

Montréal, Québec, Canada

Company Credits

Production Co:

Lenfilm Studio

Technical Specs

Runtime:

89 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

Michael Caine stated in his memoir that the making of this film and Bullet to Beijing, "was my worst professional experience ever" and that he decided to quit acting during the production. Jack Nicholson convinced Caine to come out of retirement to work on Blood and Wine.

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Connections

Follows Funeral in Berlin (1966)

User Reviews

Great scenary and little else

Artistic shots in and around St. Petersburg are most enjoyable parts of this otherwise unmemorable film. Story line is a bit much. If you have never been to St. Petersburg, enjoy the the cinematography and turn off the sound.....