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Sebastian

  • 1968
  • Approved
  • 1h 40m
IMDb RATING
6.1/10
678
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Dirk Bogarde and Susannah York in Sebastian (1968)
DramaRomanceThriller

During the Cold War, the chief of a British intelligence code-breaking section falls in love with a new employee and shields an old co-worker, accused of Communist affiliations, from the wra... Read allDuring the Cold War, the chief of a British intelligence code-breaking section falls in love with a new employee and shields an old co-worker, accused of Communist affiliations, from the wrath of the security branch.During the Cold War, the chief of a British intelligence code-breaking section falls in love with a new employee and shields an old co-worker, accused of Communist affiliations, from the wrath of the security branch.

  • Director
    • David Greene
  • Writers
    • Leo Marks
    • Gerald Vaughan-Hughes
  • Stars
    • Dirk Bogarde
    • Susannah York
    • Lilli Palmer
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.1/10
    678
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • David Greene
    • Writers
      • Leo Marks
      • Gerald Vaughan-Hughes
    • Stars
      • Dirk Bogarde
      • Susannah York
      • Lilli Palmer
    • 28User reviews
    • 10Critic reviews
  • See production, box office & company info
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    Dirk Bogarde and Lilli Palmer in Sebastian (1968)
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    Dirk Bogarde in Sebastian (1968)
    Dirk Bogarde and Lilli Palmer in Sebastian (1968)
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    Dirk Bogarde
    Dirk Bogarde
    • Sebastian
    Susannah York
    Susannah York
    • Rebecca Howard
    Lilli Palmer
    Lilli Palmer
    • Elsa Shahn
    John Gielgud
    John Gielgud
    • Head of Intelligence
    Janet Munro
    Janet Munro
    • Carol Fancy
    Ronald Fraser
    Ronald Fraser
    • Toby
    Margaret Johnston
    Margaret Johnston
    • Miss Elliott
    Nigel Davenport
    Nigel Davenport
    • Gen. Phillips
    John Ronane
    • Jameson
    Hayward Morse
    Hayward Morse
    • Gavin
    Donald Sutherland
    Donald Sutherland
    • Ackerman
    Ann Beach
    • Pamela
    Susan Whitman
    • Tilly
    Ann Sidney
    • Naomi
    Veronica Clifford
    • Ginny
    Louise Purnell
    • Thelma
    Portland Mason
    • 'UG' Girl
    James Belchamber
    James Belchamber
    • Man with Dog
    • Director
      • David Greene
    • Writers
      • Leo Marks
      • Gerald Vaughan-Hughes
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    • Trivia
      Originally planned as a reunion between the writer (Leo Marks) and the director (Michael Powell) of Peeping Tom (1960), this was inspired by Marks' own wartime career as an ace code-breaker. However, the notoriety of "Peeping Tom" made it hard to get the project off the ground. Powell became connected with American producer Herbert Brodkin during the making of the television series Espionage (1963), and hoped that Brodkin's interest would get this movie made. When it finally was, he and Marks were replaced. Powell had to be content with a producing credit, while Marks was credited solely with the story.
    • Quotes

      Miss Elliott: [answering the phone] Abbey nine seven double three...

      Rebecca Howard: Is there someone there called, Sebastian... oh... Sebastian someone?

      Miss Elliott: Mister Sebastian...

      Rebecca Howard: I met him in Oxford in the spring and he offered me a job

      Miss Elliott: Hold on

      Sebastian: [to Sebastian] A girl who says you offered her a job... in the spring

      Sebastian: In the spring?

      Miss Elliott: At Oxford

      Sebastian: Ah! Licence number 66-0-F-Y-H

      [he picks up the handset]

      Sebastian: Let me smother you in jewels and furs; let me whisk you to Monte in my Mercedes...

      Rebecca Howard: What?

      Sebastian: ...Let me teach you the meaning of desire

      Rebecca Howard: Sounds a bit old-fashioned to me

      Sebastian: Yeah, well it is rather an old-fashioned business

      Rebecca Howard: What do you do?

      Sebastian: [to Miss Elliott] what do we do?

      Miss Elliott: [picks up handset] This is Mister Sebastian's personal assistant. We are a more-or-less sane and respectable department of the Civil Service, appearances notwithstanding. Would you like me to arrange an interview?

      Rebecca Howard: Civil Service? Good God! No thank you very much

      Miss Elliott: [to Sebastian] Well, you've lost her. Is she any good?

      Sebastian: Don't know. Can't tell.

      Miss Elliott: You've been doing rather a lot of this stuff recently

      Sebastian: A lot of what stuff?

      Miss Elliott: Gaily irresponsible stuff. This fart-arsing about. It's time you took a proper holiday

    • Connections
      Featured in Hollywood U.K.: Strangers in the City (1993)
    • Soundtracks
      Here Comes The Night
      Written by Jerry Goldsmith, Hal Shaper

      Sung by Anita Harris

    User reviews28

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    7/10
    The Jerry Goldsmith score
    This is a good film to watch if you like British films from the era and especially ones with Dirk Bogarde. It's made with some style but the script is a problem. Though it starts out intriguingly, in the end this espionage film is rather much ado about nothing. The main point of interest in this rarely seen movie now is the equally rarely heard Jerry Goldsmith score, which I rather like. I believe it got an LP release back in 1968, but has never been issued on CD. Perhaps one of the reasons for that, as I've recently read, is that Goldsmith didn't have a good experience doing the score and never had much to say about it or simply didn't want to discuss it at all. Unfortunate, because the score, though minor Goldsmith, does have merit. I hope someday to read just what Goldsmith's problems were with it.
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    • haristas
    • Dec 14, 2007

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    • Release date
      • January 29, 1969 (France)
    • Country of origin
      • United Kingdom
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Der mysteriöse Mr. Sebastian
    • Filming locations
      • Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, UK
    • Production company
      • Maccius
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    • Budget
      • $1,250,000 (estimated)
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 40 minutes
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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