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Espion, lève-toi

  • 19821982
  • 1h 38m
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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
980
YOUR RATING
    • Yves Boisset
  • Writers
    • George Markstein(novel)
    • Michel Audiard(adaptation)
    • Claude Veillot(adaptation)
  • Stars
    • Lino Ventura
    • Michel Piccoli
    • Bruno Cremer
    • 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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    Espion, lève-toi (1982)
    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)
    Krystyna Janda and Lino Ventura in Espion, lève-toi (1982)

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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
      • 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)

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    7/10
    Splendid Spy Thriller
    I caught this film on a hotel room TV set, just when I was going to bed. A look at Lino Ventura made me stay just for a few minutes - and finally I set on to the dramatic, dark end. Looking at my watch I noticed that I must have started watching the film just after the early credits.

    This capacity of keeping even a tired spectator awake is a trade mark of director Yves Boisset, with an easy to follow storyline told so that it is new, or old seen through interesting new angles. The ambiance is luxurious Switzerland and French intelligence headquarters, or college's libraries - for spying is done not only by your common 007-type of agent, but by people "above all suspicion".

    Ventura plays a retired agent living a peaceful life with a younger, loving German woman, who's teaching in France, when he is called into active service again - very much against his will. When he finally starts suspecting all people around him - minus those who fall dead after he makes the first moves into knowledge... - it will be too late. Too late to avoid discovering the unthinkable truth, and too late to get back to his peaceful retirement.

    The dark end may not please all viewers, but it is actually a signal of the times the movie was made - and now that you are a quarter of a century past that, you may notice that it was a forewarning against the all encompassing spying and intruding on people's lives from those people up there who are "above all suspicion"!
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    • Jan 19, 2006

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    • Release date
      • January 27, 1982 (France)
      • France
      • Switzerland
      • French
      • German
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    • Filming locations
      • Max-Joseph Platz, Munich, Bavaria, Germany
    • Production companies
      • Cathala Productions
      • TF1 Films Production
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    • 1 hour 38 minutes
      • Mono

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