Funeral in Berlin

Funeral in Berlin

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

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Release Date

12/22/1966

Runtime

102 mins

Genres

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.

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

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Revenue

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A clever espionage puzzle set against the divided city of Berlin, where nothing and no one can be fully trusted. Palmer must navigate layers of deception to determine whether a Soviet defection is genuine or an elaborate trap.

Mood

TenseParanoidWistful

Themes

IdentityBetrayal

Tone

Ironic

Pacing

Steady

Look

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Structure

Linear

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