Film1966102 min

Funeral in Berlin

Name: Funeral in Berlin
Genre: Thriller
Released: 1966
Duration: 102 min
Cast: Michael Caine, Paul Hubschmid, Oskar Homolka, Eva Renzi, Guy Doleman

Taste attributes: thrillerhistoricalespionagetried & testedunsavouryheavyrealisticintricatelinearbig & variedall consuming questrescue/escape/jeopardyunderdog triumphs

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"It was going to be a lovely funeral. Harry ‘Ipcress File’ Palmer just hoped it wouldn’t be his …"

Boxlist takeSweeping and smart: a serious thriller, familiar rather than fresh. Best if you like puzzles over plain sailing.

Taste details

Pace: balanced · Originality: tried and tested · Tone: dark · Weight: heavy · Realism: true to life · Story: intricate · Structure: linear · Look: balanced · Scale: big and varied · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score

Quality rating

6.4 /10

TMDB · 87 votes

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What lines up

Weightiness: Weighty / heavy, just how this profile likes it
Intricacy: Smart / intricate, just how this profile likes it
Wholesomeness: Unsavoury, just how this profile likes it

What might not click

Setting / scale: Big / varied, where this profile leans small / confined
Originality: Tried & tested, where this profile leans fresh / original

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Synopsis

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.

Synopsis: TMDB