A Chechen Muslim illegally immigrates to Hamburg, where he gets caught in the international war on terror.A Chechen Muslim illegally immigrates to Hamburg, where he gets caught in the international war on terror.A Chechen Muslim illegally immigrates to Hamburg, where he gets caught in the international war on terror.
- Awards
- 3 wins & 6 nominations
Grigoriy Dobrygin
- Issa Karpov
- (as Grigory Dobrygin)
Neil Malik Abdullah
- Abdullah's Bodyguard
- (as Neil Melik Abdullah)
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- TriviaThis film's story is set in Hamburg. Source novel authorJohn le Carréworked for British intelligence's MI5 and MI6 during the 1950s and 1960s and worked in both Berlin and Hamburg. Le Carré was in Berlin when the Berlin Wall was being constructed and has worked as both a consul and an agent in Hamburg.
- GoofsBoth the folder and the file card associated with the safe-deposit box indicate that it is number 3148, but Brue reads the number aloud as 3448, and that is also how the English subtitle identifies the box number.
- Quotes
Dieter Mohr:After 24 hours of questioning, Karpov confessed to taking part in attacks on gas pipelines, transport, infrastructure, police stations.
Irna Frey:After 24 hours of Russian questioning, any one of us would admit to anything.
- ConnectionsFeatured inSPYMASTER: John le Carré in Hamburg(2014)
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Featured review
Günther Bachmann (Philip Seymour Hoffman) is a hard drinking German security agent spying on Hamburg's Muslim community and philanthropist Abdullah. Issa Karpov is an illegal that The Americans Martha Sullivan (Robin Wright) claims to be a Chechen terrorists. Bachmann wants to use him to make contact with an unknown banker. Refugee lawyer Annabel Richter (Rachel McAdams) takes on Karpov's case. He tells her to contact banker Tommy Brue (Willem Dafoe) about a mysterious account of over 10 Million Euros left by his Russian military commander father.
It's an interesting murky spy thriller from John le Carré. However it lacks any intensity. Hoffman delivers yet another solid performance. The plot demands intense energy but the movie doesn't allow it. I don't like the fake accented English from North American actors either. It makes the movie feel artificial. All the performances are solid but heavy. Everybody is prodding. There is simply no energy, no tension and no drive.
It's an interesting murky spy thriller from John le Carré. However it lacks any intensity. Hoffman delivers yet another solid performance. The plot demands intense energy but the movie doesn't allow it. I don't like the fake accented English from North American actors either. It makes the movie feel artificial. All the performances are solid but heavy. Everybody is prodding. There is simply no energy, no tension and no drive.
- SnoopyStyle
- Mar 12, 2015
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- Also known as
- John le Carré's A Most Wanted Man
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- Budget
- $15,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $17,237,855
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $2,687,227
- Jul 27, 2014
- Gross worldwide
- $36,233,517
- Runtime2hours2minutes
- Color
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- Aspect ratio
- 2.35: 1
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