The Spying Thing
Overzicht van films
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Stopover in Dubai + Cairo Affaire
Two excellent contemporary examples of the relationship between espionage and cinema, situated in the Near East. Chris Marker’s last work and Mauro Andrizzi’s fascinating mini-triptych. -
British Agent
Michael Curtiz | 80' | USA | None
While the Russian Revolution is in full swing, a British secret agent has to prevent Bolsheviks signing a treaty with Germany. Against his better judg -
Cairo Affaire
Mauro Andrizzi | 25' | Argentina | World premiere
Three stories of espionage in the Middle East, with images shot on a trip to Cairo in 2016, another to Tehran in 2008 and never-seen-before… -
Captured
John Krish | 64' | United Kingdom | None
Impressive docudrama set in Korea about interrogation techniques used on prisoners. Was not allowed to be screened for 45 years. -
Dishonored
Josef von Sternberg | 91' | USA | None
Frisian double agent Mata Hari was the inspiration for Von Sternberg and his star Marlene Dietrich in this atmospheric thriller where espionage is pri -
La Flor (Parte 2)
Mariano Llinás | 313' | Argentina | None
Some time in the 1980s, in the Argentine pampas, four female spies have to successfully complete ‘Operation Hercules’. In the morning, a l -
Gefängnisbilder
Harun Farocki | 61' | Germany | None
Before the rest of the world was confronted with the omnipresence of cameras, prisons were filled with surveillance equipment to spy on the inmates. I -
Hear My Cry
Maciej Drygas | 46' | Poland | None
As a protest against the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia in 1968, an ordinary Polish accountant set himself alight at a harvest festival. More than -
Là-bas
Chantal Akerman | 78' | Belgium | None
Akerman couldn’t leave her room in Tel Aviv due to terror attacks. From her apartment, she spies on neighbouring apartments. A truly voyeuristic -
The Mackintosh Man
John Huston | 98' | USA | None
An almost forgotten, unloved John Huston Cold War espionage film – or anti-espionage film? – with Paul Newman as a British(!) secret agent -
My Son John
Leo McCarey | 122' | USA | None
Anti-Communist drama produced during the height of McCarthyism. A mother discovers that her returning son has a head filled with strange ideas. -
Ninotchka
Ernst Lubitsch | 110' | USA | None
Garbo laughs! Even if it takes a while before the female spy melts for the classic Lubitsch dialogue by Melvyn Douglas: “A Russian! I’ve been…