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Funeral in Berlin (1966)

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Average Rating: 5.9/10
Reviews Counted: 7
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Release Date: Jan 1, 1966 Limited

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Funeral in Berlin was the second of three films based on the Harry Palmer novels by Len Deighton. As he did in The Ipcress File, Michael Caine stars as Palmer, Deighton's bespectacled, somewhat disreputable British secret agent. In the manner of Graham Greene's The Third Man, Palmer is dispatched to Berlin to look into the highly suspicious defection of Soviet colonel Stok (Oscar Homolka). It is giving nothing away to reveal that Stok's death is a sham, and that Palmer is expected to engineer

PG, 1 hr. 42 min.

Drama, Action & Adventure, Art House & International, Mystery & Suspense, Classics

Directed By: Guy Hamilton

Written By: Len Deighton, Evan Jones

In Theaters: Jan 1, 1966 Limited

On DVD: Aug 14, 2001

Paramount Home Video

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Cast

Michael Caine
Harry Palmer
Paul Hubschmid
Johnny Vulkan
Oscar Homolka
Col. Stok
Eva Renzi
Samantha Steel
Guy Doleman
Ross
Rachel Gurney
Mrs. Ross
Hugh Burden
Hallam
G�nter Meisner
Kreutzmann
Heinz Schubert
Aaron Levine
Wolfgang V�lz
Werner
Rainer Brandt
Benjamin
Marthe Keller
Brigit
Herbert Fux
Artur
Thomas Holtzmann
Reinhart
Oskar Homolka

Critic Reviews for Funeral in Berlin

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Faithful hardcore genre fans will find much to like here among the cloaks and daggers.... On the other hand, the pacing is slow and the twisty, sometimes flabby script might be frustrating for a viewer not fully engaged with such skullduggery.

April 6, 2006 Full Review Source: DVDJournal.com

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Mark Bourne

DVDJournal.com

Paramount's DVD release of Funeral in Berlin delivers a startlingly clear and vivid print in 2.35:1 (anamorphic). The audio is an okay but disappontingly low-fi Dolby Digital 2.0 monaural.

April 6, 2006 Full Review Source: DVDJournal.com

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Mark Bourne

DVDJournal.com

disjointed and disappointing

September 13, 2005 Comment

Tony Medley

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Second and least successful entry in the Harry Palmer series has its moments.

December 4, 2003 Comment

Ken Hanke

Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

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This second in Michael Caine's series of three "Harry Palmer" films is very good spy movie. Caine can do no wrong; his brittle performance and the authentic footage of the Berlin Wall add considerably to the film's bleak tone.

June 19, 2007