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Who Are You, Mr. Sorge?

1961

A slow-burning, fact-based spy chronicle that feels tense and quietly tragic, demanding close attention as it unfolds its web of deception.

Overview: French docu-drama which chronicles the chain of events that lead to the hanging of German-journalist Richard Sorge, who was executed in 1944 after he was found supplying classified information to the Russians.
How it feels: Tense, melancholic, earnest and dark. Measured and needs your attention.
About: Deception, politics, war, betrayal
Content: Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.
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Tone: tensestrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: deception
politics
war
betrayal
fate
Places: big city
workplace
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: true story
procedural
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild