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Funeral in Berlin

1966 · 102 min

A cool, cerebral spy thriller that trades action for intricate plotting and moral ambiguity, with a wry, cynical edge.

Tagline
It was going to be a lovely funeral. Harry ‘Ipcress File’ Palmer just hoped it wouldn’t be his …
Overview
Colonel Stok, a Soviet intelligence officer responsible for security at the Berlin Wall, appears to want to defect but the evidence is contradictory. Stok wants the British to handle his defection and asks for one of their agents, Harry Palmer, to smuggle him out of East Germany.

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Tone
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 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
  • betrayal
  • conspiracy
  • identity
  • justice
Places
  • big city
  • single country house
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • twist ending
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action4
Horror1
Humour4
Realism7
Romance2
Tension6
Darkness6
Complexity7
Emotional weight5

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Genres
thriller
Directed by
Guy Hamilton
Written by
Evan Jones
Starring
Michael Caine, Paul Hubschmid, Oskar Homolka, Eva Renzi, Guy Doleman, Hugh Burden, Heinz Schubert, Wolfgang Völz
Music
Konrad Elfers
Cinematography
Otto Heller
Runtime
102 min
Country
United Kingdom
Languages
German, English

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