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Title: A Most Wanted Man (2014)
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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Grigoriy Dobrygin | ... | Issa Karpov (as Grigory Dobrygin) | |
| Philip Seymour Hoffman | ... | Günther Bachmann | |
| Homayoun Ershadi | ... | Abdullah | |
| Mehdi Dehbi | ... | Jamal | |
| Neil Malik Abdullah | ... | Abdullah's Bodyguard (as Neil Melik Abdullah) | |
| Nina Hoss | ... | Irna Frey | |
| Daniel Brühl | ... | Maximilian | |
| Vicky Krieps | ... | Niki | |
| Kostja Ullmann | ... | Rasheed | |
| Franz Hartwig | ... | Karl | |
| Martin Wuttke | ... | The Admiral | |
| Vedat Erincin | ... | Storekeeper | |
| Rainer Bock | ... | Dieter Mohr | |
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Derya Alabora | ... | Leyla Oktay |
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Tamer Yigit | ... | Melik Oktay |
When a half-Chechen, half-Russian, brutally tortured immigrant turns up in Hamburg's Islamic community, laying claim to his father's ill gotten fortune, both German and US security agencies take a close interest: as the clock ticks down and the stakes rise, the race is on to establish this most wanted man's true identity - oppressed victim or destruction-bent extremist? Based on John le Carré's novel, A MOST WANTED MAN is a contemporary, cerebral tale of intrigue, love, rivalry, and politics that prickles with tension right through to its last heart-stopping scene. Written by Roadside Attractions
A Most Wanted Man (2014) was directed by Anton Corbijn. It's based on a novel by John le Carré. The film stars Philip Seymour Hoffman. Basically, that's all you need to know about this movie.
Philip Seymour Hoffman is Günther Bachmann, a self-described spy. (Actually a counter-intelligence agent.) He's involved with a Chechen immigrant who has been tortured. There's money going from Hamburg to terrorists, but no one knows how this money gets there. Somehow the Chechen is involved. On and on it goes, with the German police opposing Günther, the CIA opposing Günther, and everyone betraying everyone else.
Günther is burned out and, essentially, has no life other than being a spy. As far as we can see, he never takes time off, he is interested in nothing other than work, and he has no friends and no colleagues he can trust. Hoffman portrays this part perfectly. No one could have done it as well.
A Most Wanted Man is pure Carré, and pure Hoffman, and that's why you should see it. If you're not impressed with Carré, or not impressed with Hoffman, there's no point going to the film.
We saw the movie on the large screen at the wonderful Dryden Theatre in Rochester, NY. However, it will work just as well on the small screen. No scuba shots, no mountain skiing shots--this isn't James Bond. If you know what to expect--gritty shots of Hamburg, Germany--you won't be disappointed, and the movie will work for you.