This exciting movie belongs to spy sub-genre being developed during the cold war , it turns out to be a stirring thriller plenty of mystery , tension , high level of suspense , and a little bit of violence . An American secret agent called Quiller (George Segal) working for MI6 (whose chief is George Sanders) travels to Berlin to uncover a deadly Neo-Nazi band . Defiant undercover spy Quiller carries out a nervy , stealthy , prowling around Berlin in which he becomes involved into a risked cat and mouse game , being chased and hunted , by a strange and sinister leader , known only as Oktober (Max Von Sidow) . As Quiller revolves around a plot that's more monstrously twisted than he imagines it to be . Twist piles upon twist , as a British agent becomes involved in a fiendishly complicated operation to get a dangerous ringleader and his menacing hoodlums . Meanwhile , Quiller befriends and fall in love for a teacher , Inge Lindt (Senta Berger) , and both of whom suffer constant dangers .
Taut, competent and sometimes very thrilling spy movie with intrigue , suspense and extraordinary acting by an excellent cast . As George Segal results to be the main attraction , he sustains interest in this moving tale of spies . Story's core is interesting and chilly script is dense with information and drama . The screenplay is pretty well in a film as ingenious as it is bitter . As writer Harold Pinter contributed to give the roles complex identities all their own , delivering a brooding collection of words , raising the flick to high level of intrigue and being especially acute in its observation of badness and nature human . This nail-biting movie is a thought -provoking thriller filled with razor sharp writings from the novel by Adam Hall -who is a pseudonym for author Trevor Dudley Smith- titled The Berlin Memorándum¨ , resulting to be refreshingly different from others spy stories of its era . The ultra-brisk editing and slick scenes movement leaves little time to consider some inadequacies .
The sixties took place a lot of two kinds of spy-thrillers : the adventurous and filled-gadgets James Bond's imitations such as ¨Oss 117 Agent¨ , ¨Flint¨ , ¨Matt Helm¨ , ¨Hugh Drummond¨ series and the methodical , cerebral ones in which to show the squalid , dirty side of spying as opposed to the luxury world of 007 , outstanding more talk than action , whose maxim representations are John Le Carre's novels adapted to cinema in various films such as : ¨The spy who came in from the cold¨ (1965, by Martin Ritt with Richard Burton), ¨Deadly Affair¨(Sidney Lumet with Maximilian Schell) and subsequently : TV series "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy" by John Irvin , in which George Smiley was played by Alec Guinnes and ¨Russia House¨ (Fred Schepisi with Sean Connery) , this ¨Quiller Memorándum¨ belongs to this second class . The fabulous casting is first-rate with a top-notch star-studded . Exceptional main cast gives good acting , as George Segal as the dogged as well as humorous special agent and Senta Berger had one of his best parts as his sweetheart . And Max Von Sidow who does particularly well . Furthermore , Alec Guinness has all the most acid lines . Very good support cast such as George Sanders as Gibbs , Robert Helpmann as Weng , Robert Flemyng as Rushington , Peter Carsten as Hengel , Herbert Fux as Oktober's Man and Günter Meisner as Hassler .
Colorful and evocative cinematography by Erwin Hillier , including glamorous flow-images . This espionage film's marvelous score was composed by John Barry who became notable for the early James Bond spy film soundtracks , Barry composed the score for this film between the Bond movies Thunderball (1965) and You Only Live Twice (1967). The motion picture was compellingly directed by Michael Anderson (Dam busters , Around the World in Eighty Days , Logan's run , Millennium) and back-to-back consecutive espionage movie for director Michael Anderson whose previous film had been Operación Crossbow . This ¨Quiller memorandum¨ received three BAFTA nominations: Best British Screenplay , Best British Art Direction (Colour) and Best British Film Editing but failed to win any. Being followed by a television series Quiller (1975) starring the Quiller character was made nine years after this movie .
Taut, competent and sometimes very thrilling spy movie with intrigue , suspense and extraordinary acting by an excellent cast . As George Segal results to be the main attraction , he sustains interest in this moving tale of spies . Story's core is interesting and chilly script is dense with information and drama . The screenplay is pretty well in a film as ingenious as it is bitter . As writer Harold Pinter contributed to give the roles complex identities all their own , delivering a brooding collection of words , raising the flick to high level of intrigue and being especially acute in its observation of badness and nature human . This nail-biting movie is a thought -provoking thriller filled with razor sharp writings from the novel by Adam Hall -who is a pseudonym for author Trevor Dudley Smith- titled The Berlin Memorándum¨ , resulting to be refreshingly different from others spy stories of its era . The ultra-brisk editing and slick scenes movement leaves little time to consider some inadequacies .
The sixties took place a lot of two kinds of spy-thrillers : the adventurous and filled-gadgets James Bond's imitations such as ¨Oss 117 Agent¨ , ¨Flint¨ , ¨Matt Helm¨ , ¨Hugh Drummond¨ series and the methodical , cerebral ones in which to show the squalid , dirty side of spying as opposed to the luxury world of 007 , outstanding more talk than action , whose maxim representations are John Le Carre's novels adapted to cinema in various films such as : ¨The spy who came in from the cold¨ (1965, by Martin Ritt with Richard Burton), ¨Deadly Affair¨(Sidney Lumet with Maximilian Schell) and subsequently : TV series "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy" by John Irvin , in which George Smiley was played by Alec Guinnes and ¨Russia House¨ (Fred Schepisi with Sean Connery) , this ¨Quiller Memorándum¨ belongs to this second class . The fabulous casting is first-rate with a top-notch star-studded . Exceptional main cast gives good acting , as George Segal as the dogged as well as humorous special agent and Senta Berger had one of his best parts as his sweetheart . And Max Von Sidow who does particularly well . Furthermore , Alec Guinness has all the most acid lines . Very good support cast such as George Sanders as Gibbs , Robert Helpmann as Weng , Robert Flemyng as Rushington , Peter Carsten as Hengel , Herbert Fux as Oktober's Man and Günter Meisner as Hassler .
Colorful and evocative cinematography by Erwin Hillier , including glamorous flow-images . This espionage film's marvelous score was composed by John Barry who became notable for the early James Bond spy film soundtracks , Barry composed the score for this film between the Bond movies Thunderball (1965) and You Only Live Twice (1967). The motion picture was compellingly directed by Michael Anderson (Dam busters , Around the World in Eighty Days , Logan's run , Millennium) and back-to-back consecutive espionage movie for director Michael Anderson whose previous film had been Operación Crossbow . This ¨Quiller memorandum¨ received three BAFTA nominations: Best British Screenplay , Best British Art Direction (Colour) and Best British Film Editing but failed to win any. Being followed by a television series Quiller (1975) starring the Quiller character was made nine years after this movie .