Funeral in Berlin (1966)
Michael Caine speelt de rol van Harry Palmer, een oudlegerkorporaal die in ruil voor kwijtschelding van zijn gevangenisstraf als spion voor de Britse Troon wordt ingezet. Palmer zal worden uitgezonden naar Berlijn, waar hij een dissidente Russische generaal uit de nesten moet edden. Nadat Palmer de opdracht met tegenzin heeft geaccepteerd, zet hij een begrafenis in scène om de Russische generaal te laten ontsnappen.Tot overmaat van ramp wordt het verkeerde lichaam uit Rusland getransporteerd. Tegen de achtergrond van het indrukwekkende Berlijn probeert Caine, zo nu en dan afleiding zoekend in de armen van vrouwelijk schoon, ondanks alles het hoofd koel te houden.
Regiseur:
Guy Hamilton
Schrijver:
Evan Jones
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Michael Caine as Harry Palmer |
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Paul Hubschmid as Johnnie Vulkan |
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Oskar Homolka as Colonel Stok |
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Eva Renzi as Samantha Steel |
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Guy Doleman as Ross |
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Hugh Burden as Hallam |
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Heinz Schubert as Aaron Levine |
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Wolfgang Völz as Werner |
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Thomas Holtzmann as Reinhardt |
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Günter Meisner as Kreutzman |
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Herbert Fux as Artur |
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Rainer Brandt as Benjamin |
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Rachel Gurney as Mrs. Ross |
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John Abineri as Rukel |
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David Glover as Chico |
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Sarah Brackett as Babcock |
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Charlotte Brummerhoff as Black Widow |
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Ira Hagen as Monica |
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Erhart Stettner as Old Man |
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Freda Bamford as Alice (uncredited) |
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Pauline Chamberlain as Lady on the London Bus (uncredited) |
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Patrick Halpin as Commuter (uncredited) |
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Ursula Heyer as Bar Girl (uncredited) |
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Marthe Keller as Brigit (uncredited) |
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Edward Meeks as East German Guard (uncredited) |
| Directing | Guy Hamilton | Director |
| Writing | Len Deighton | Novel |
| Writing | Evan Jones | Screenplay |
| Production | Charles D. Kasher | Producer |
| Production | Harry Saltzman | Executive Producer |
| Sound | Konrad Elfers | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Otto Heller | Director of Photography |
| Editing | John Bloom | Editor |
| Directing | Michael Stevenson | Second Assistant Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | Barbara Gillett | Wardrobe Master |
| Production | Clifford Parkes | Production Supervisor |
| Directing | Peter Medak | Second Unit Director |
| Art | Peter Murton | Art Direction |
| Directing | David Bracknell | Assistant Director |
| Camera | Brian Elvin | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Bernard Ford | Assistant Camera |
| Production | Frank Ernst | Location Manager |
| Production | Karl H. Elsner | Production Manager |
| Directing | Eileen Head | Continuity |
| Costume & Make-Up | Freddie Williamson | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Benny Royston | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Brian Owen-Smith | Wardrobe Master |
| Sound | Peter T. Davies | Sound Recordist |
| Sound | Gordon K. McCallum | Sound Recordist |
| Sound | Ben Rayner | Sound Editor |
| Editing | Lesley Walker | Assistant Editor |
| Camera | Godfrey A. Godar | Additional Photography |
| Art | Vernon Dixon | Set Dresser |
| Art | Harry Arbour | Construction Manager |
| Sound | Harry Rabinowitz | Conductor |
| Art | Ken Adam | Production Design |