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From the John le Carré novel about a British spy who sends a Polish defector to East Germany to verify missile sites.From the John le Carré novel about a British spy who sends a Polish defector to East Germany to verify missile sites.From the John le Carré novel about a British spy who sends a Polish defector to East Germany to verify missile sites.
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- TriviaA radio play of John le Carré's novel "The Looking Glass War" was produced and broadcast by Radio 4 in 2009, with Simon Russell Beale as George Smiley, Piotr Baumann as Leiser, Patrick Kennedy as Avery, and Ian McDiarmid as LeClerc. This radio play featured the George Smiley character, who had been dropped for this movie.
- GoofsThe photograph of a railway yard that was the pretext for the mission was supposedly taken in East Germany but the locomotive in the picture is immediately recognizable to any ex-trainspotter as a British Rail type manufactured by English Electric.
- Quotes
Leiser: What's your name?
John Avery: You can't have my name, it's a breach of security.
Leiser: You know, I'm risking my life for you so I want a name, give me a name, I don't care. Any name!
John Avery: John.
Leiser: John. John.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Al Murray's Great British Spy Movies (2014)
Featured review
No, the movie didn't suck me in. I got sucked into watching it by some highly favorable comments. I should have paid more attention to the ratings.
If you want to watch LeCarre, there are much better examples than this. The pacing is completely off in this movie; as soon as something interesting starts, it is truncated for irrelevant meanderings. Apparently the director wanted to make this a "mood piece" rather than an action movie, and as a result, it never develops any momentum or suspense.
On balance, this is just a somewhat disappointing period piece. Watchable, but nothing more.
If you want to watch LeCarre, there are much better examples than this. The pacing is completely off in this movie; as soon as something interesting starts, it is truncated for irrelevant meanderings. Apparently the director wanted to make this a "mood piece" rather than an action movie, and as a result, it never develops any momentum or suspense.
On balance, this is just a somewhat disappointing period piece. Watchable, but nothing more.
- davegering
- Sep 10, 2007
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- Also known as
- John le Carré's The Looking Glass War
- Filming locations
- Spain(made on location in Europe, kinema weekly 19/10 68)
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $168,000
- Runtime1 hour 48 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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