Funeral in Berlin (1966)
Country: GB
Technical: col/Panavision 102m
Director: Guy Hamilton
Cast: Michael Caine, Guy Doleman, Oscar Homolka
Synopsis:
Harry Palmer is sent to Berlin to receive a Soviet defector, but finds himself embroiled with Israeli Intelligence and former Nazis.
Review:
Delighted with the success of The Ipcress File, no doubt, Harry Saltzman promptly assigned one of his Bond directors to this sequel in the hope of a second golden goose. The results are not exactly bad, and nowhere near as silly as Ken Russell's effort the following year, but it lacks the atmosphere and style of the original. Further, possibly because of its real-world relevance, it commits several blunders of realism that are harder to forgive.
Country: GB
Technical: col/Panavision 102m
Director: Guy Hamilton
Cast: Michael Caine, Guy Doleman, Oscar Homolka
Synopsis:
Harry Palmer is sent to Berlin to receive a Soviet defector, but finds himself embroiled with Israeli Intelligence and former Nazis.
Review:
Delighted with the success of The Ipcress File, no doubt, Harry Saltzman promptly assigned one of his Bond directors to this sequel in the hope of a second golden goose. The results are not exactly bad, and nowhere near as silly as Ken Russell's effort the following year, but it lacks the atmosphere and style of the original. Further, possibly because of its real-world relevance, it commits several blunders of realism that are harder to forgive.
Country: GB
Technical: col/Panavision 102m
Director: Guy Hamilton
Cast: Michael Caine, Guy Doleman, Oscar Homolka
Synopsis:
Harry Palmer is sent to Berlin to receive a Soviet defector, but finds himself embroiled with Israeli Intelligence and former Nazis.
Review:
Delighted with the success of The Ipcress File, no doubt, Harry Saltzman promptly assigned one of his Bond directors to this sequel in the hope of a second golden goose. The results are not exactly bad, and nowhere near as silly as Ken Russell's effort the following year, but it lacks the atmosphere and style of the original. Further, possibly because of its real-world relevance, it commits several blunders of realism that are harder to forgive.