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Espion, lève-toi

  • 19821982
  • 1h 38m
IMDb RATING
6.6/10
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Espion, lève-toi (1982)
DramaThriller
Sébastien Grenier,a secret agent eliminates all his rivals in order to decipher who has killed some of his associates.Sébastien Grenier,a secret agent eliminates all his rivals in order to decipher who has killed some of his associates.Sébastien Grenier,a secret agent eliminates all his rivals in order to decipher who has killed some of his associates.
IMDb RATING
6.6/10
962
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
74,518
102
  • Director
    • Yves Boisset
  • Writers
    • George Markstein(novel)
    • Michel Audiard(adaptation)
    • Claude Veillot(adaptation)
  • Stars
    • Lino Ventura
    • Michel Piccoli
    • Bruno Cremer
Top credits
  • Director
    • Yves Boisset
  • Writers
    • George Markstein(novel)
    • Michel Audiard(adaptation)
    • Claude Veillot(adaptation)
  • Stars
    • Lino Ventura
    • Michel Piccoli
    • Bruno Cremer
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 7User reviews
    • 3Critic reviews
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    • Awards
      • 1 nomination

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    Espion, lève-toi (1982)
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    Espion, lève-toi (1982)
    Lino Ventura in Espion, lève-toi (1982)
    Lino Ventura in Espion, lève-toi (1982)
    Michel Piccoli in Espion, lève-toi (1982)
    Michel Piccoli and Lino Ventura in Espion, lève-toi (1982)
    Heinz Bennent in Espion, lève-toi (1982)
    Bernard Fresson and Lino Ventura in Espion, lève-toi (1982)
    Bruno Cremer and Lino Ventura in Espion, lève-toi (1982)
    Krystyna Janda and Lino Ventura in Espion, lève-toi (1982)
    Jean-Paul Franky and Lino Ventura in Espion, lève-toi (1982)

    Top cast

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    Lino Ventura
    Lino Ventura
    • Sébastien Grenier
    Michel Piccoli
    Michel Piccoli
    • Jean-Paul Chance
    Bruno Cremer
    Bruno Cremer
    • Richard
    Bernard Fresson
    Bernard Fresson
    • Henri Marchand
    Marc Mazza
    • Ramos Bavila
    Roger Jendly
    • Le commissaire Lohmann
    Heinz Bennent
    Heinz Bennent
    • Meyer
    Krystyna Janda
    Krystyna Janda
    • Anna Gretz
    Beate Kopp
    • La secrétaire de Grenier
    Christian Baltauss
    • Le bibliothécaire
    Kurt Bigger
    • Alfred Zimmer
    Jean-Paul Franky
    • Rudy la blonde
    Yves Boisset
    Yves Boisset
    • L'adjoint de Richard
    Daniel Plancherel
    • L'inspecteur Vogel
    Philippe Brizard
    • Le collaborateur de Grenier
    Dieter Moor
    Dieter Moor
    • Dieter Krauss
    Pierre Boffety
    • Postman
    Ali Lexa
    • Man in bar
    • Director
      • Yves Boisset
    • Writers
      • George Markstein(novel)
      • Michel Audiard(adaptation) (dialogue)
      • Claude Veillot(adaptation)
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    • Trivia
      All long the shooting, every member of the crew - technicians, screen player and actors - ignored how the film was about to end, nor who was the real evil character of the movie.
    • Goofs
      Several times throughout the movie a voice over states location and time the following events will take place. On the arrival of a train in Zurich central train station, it says 14h25 (2.25 pm) but two, perfectly visible railway station clocks show that it's in fact 11.43 am.
    • Connections
      Referenced in Parole de cinéaste: Yves Boisset: le cinéaste le plus censuré de France (2013)

    User reviews7

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    6/10
    Not bad but...
    ... I would have wanted to know exactly what was the spying object of all those characters?...Total mystery, no one mentions anything about that. About the music, Morricone is the greatest no doubt about it but, the music for this one, which I like it very much, and I knew it before watching the film from an old audio-cassette, is more suitable for a war movie, I see already the German tanks advancing in formation on that... Lino Ventura, which I like very much, unfortunately, is the same Lino Ventura, he's playing himself. I like more chameleons, totally versatile actors (example Gary Oldman), which in every role they are different, you don't even recognize them. Michel Piccoli, Bruno Cremer, Heinz Bennent and Bernard Fresson are all better than Ventura in smaller roles. Very impressive Marc Mazza, the bad guy (also a very good bad guy in the masterpiece directed by René Clément Rider on the Rain/Le passager de la pluie made in 1970).
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    • RodrigAndrisan
    • Nov 28, 2017

    Details

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    • Release date
      • January 27, 1982 (France)
    • Countries of origin
      • France
      • Switzerland
    • Languages
      • French
      • German
    • Also known as
      • Der Maulwurf
    • Filming locations
      • Max-Joseph Platz, Munich, Bavaria, Germany
    • Production companies
      • Cathala Productions
      • TF1 Films Production
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 38 minutes
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.66 : 1

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