The Operative (2019)

A woman is recruited by the Mossad to work undercover in Tehran.

Director:

Yuval Adler

Writers:

Yuval Adler, Yiftach R. Atir (novel)

Stars:

Diane Kruger, Martin Freeman, Cas Anvar

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Diane Kruger	...	Rachel
Martin Freeman	...	Thomas
Cas Anvar	...	Farhad
Rotem Keinan	...	Daniel
Lana Ettinger	...	Operative #2
Yoav Levi	...	Operative #1
Yohanan Herson	...	Joe
Rita Bäde	...	Woman donation
Annette Atzpodien	...	School secretary
Daniel Wandelt	...	Max
Julia Schneider	...	Woman in line
Mohsen Azimi	...	Custom offical
Mehdi Mosadekpur	...	Passport Offical
Gal Friedman	...	Operative #3
Ohad Knoller	...	Stefan

Storyline

Based on Yiftach R. Atir's book, The English Teacher, Yuval Adler's "THE OPERATIVE" is a taut psychological thriller about a young Western woman "Diane Kruger" recruited by the Mossad to go undercover in Tehran where she becomes entangled in a complex triangle with her handler "Martin Freeman" and her subject "Cas Anvar".

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Plot Keywords:

topless female nudity | female nudity | female spy | spy | iran | 

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Genres:

Thriller

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Details

Country:

France Israel Germany USA

Language:

English German Persian Hebrew Kurdish French

Release Date:

24 July 2019 (France)

Also Known As:

Agente

Filming Locations:

MMC Studios, Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Company Credits

Production Co:

Black Bear Pictures, Bord Cadre Films, Le Pacte

Technical Specs

Runtime:

116 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Quotes

Farhad: The people here all have many secrets. There's too many rules in Iran. So... If uh, you want to drink, you keep it a secret. You marry a woman who is a... Yu understand. She, she had sex. You keep it secret. If you go to a party or a cultural thing too controversial, you keep it secret. You don't want to fast on Ramadan? Eat in secret. It's the way of life here. Like a second nature.

User Reviews

My Opinion as an Iranian

I think this movie shows relatively realistic image of Iran , Iranian people and clash between Iran and Israel. As an Iranian I enjoyed the movie. unlike some of similar movies about Iran , all Iranian characters are good hearted people with no Iranian interrogators or such. also I like that -despite having Israeli production- the involvement of Mossad on Iranian scientist assassination and sabotaging Iran's nuclear program is depicted without hesitation. Acting was good and Iran's streets and atmosphere shown believable and almost perfect ... there is no Opel Astra police cars or old Volvo Station wagons in Iran though. I gave is 8 of 10.