I did work on this film in Berlin many years ago as a junior assistant for the assistant. If people can not work out why there is so little action , murder, and mayhem. This is only to make you feel and understand the REAL Spy business. As it happens in those days in Berlin. James Bond has no place in this at all. Shool teachers are involved in this mess for Gods sake.! Spies without guns are more REAL then not.
+Karl-Heinz Barr They are it's true. So was Inga in bed with someone when Quiller called, or not, as Segal depicted in his interview ....? Palmer and Quiller are more the real deal.......
+Karl-Heinz Barr Indeed, my F-I-L was a Polish Farm Slave in Bavaria during WW II and had his face slapped by an SS Officer once for running away. He was lucky! Then Communists overran Poland and he came to UK. Commies, Nazi's, they're all the same re their ethos of utter dominance over mankind.........
+Karl-Heinz Barr I guess a film like tinker tailor soldier spy would be the modern day equivelent of this. I remember being dissapointed with it, upon first viewing in the cinema many years ago. I was used to the James Bond thrillers. Since then I have rewatched it 3 or 4 times, and have come to appreciate it more. Excellent performances by Segal, and Von Sydow, but then again, when was he ever bad. I do remember being puzzled by Senta Berger's character though.
made when directors treated their audience with intelligence and weren't afraid to take their time to set up characters and situations to tell a good story instead of punctuating every five minutes with mindless shoot em ups. this film rewards patience with great acting talent at the top of their game.
I was a George Segal fan in my younger days . When I saw this movie , the theme tune and Senta Berger captivated me ...👌 I've watched this film a few times over the years. I'm surprised how much of it I've forgotten. Some scenes I just don't remember. Max Von Sydow here , looks the spitting image of Boris Becker .👌 🇬🇧🆓❓
Yes an intelligent film. No gimmicky no cgi no Hollywood style format of 2 sex scenes, 2 car chases, 3 explosions etc. Just good acting and a more realistic pace for a spy film. No fast paced b.s editing. Yes, a breath of fresh air. Old skool style bond but as sexy as any of them. Double thumbs up!
Yes, I prefer to hear intelligent dialogue, instead of the foul language, and other low class trashy stuff, that Hollyweird always has to sink to. Unfortunately they NEVER get it. They're too dumb to get it.
George Segal was one of my favorite actors.. He could do anything .. drama.. comedy.. he was extremely well versed… So, was Alex Guinness… Two brilliant actors… Sad that they are both gone… I really miss George Segal.. He always made me laugh…. I forget the name.. but the comedy he did with Barbara Streisand was very funny… This was a great spy flick.. more like the real thing… Thank you for posting..! Haven’t seen this in 40 years… Still Carries well…
Agreed! I wish they'd used George Segal in more films in the '70s and '80s. Finding a film of his that you haven't seen yet is like finding a hidden treasure! Or as the Goonies would say, "rich stuff."
The Quiller Memorandum is my favorite spy movie, for many reasons. Ironically it is also Quentin Tarantino's favorite spy movie. I worked as a Teacher in a German International School and it brings back fond memories of being a teacher. Getting the children to form lines after break is just so classic. For me the messgae in the film holds true today. The scene at the beginning where Pol tells Quiller that Nazis don't wear brown shirts anymore is pure gold. And at the end of the film Quiller and Inge are discussing the capture of all the Nazi cell, and most importantly both of them are wearing brown. That visual lesson is combined with Quiller letting Inge off the hook. Their personal relationship trumps their duty on being on opposite sides. This is shades of "The spy who came in from the cold" and makes this movie true to life. Like the "Three Days of the Condor", "The Whistleblower" and to some extent the Harry Palmer films this is how espionage works in real life. Spy movies in a completely different class to gun toting, babe chasing, car chasing gamblers.
Well, I’ve always held that people who watch Bond movies for the spycraft and not just the action, the stunts, the set pieces, the quips, the glamour and the fun villains, just aren’t getting it. They’re excellent at what they do, but we’re not meant to take them seriously. Stories like The Spy Who Came In From The Cold are loosely based on Le Carrie’s experiences and the experiences of his colleagues and contacts. They’re gritty, seedy, philosophical, eye opening and always rather tragic. They tell the tale of people who make huge sacrifices (sometimes the ultimate sacrifice) for their country and way of life, and who do so for very little by way of reward. That is the morality lesson at the heart of all of John Le Carrie’s stories, told in varying ways, mixing just enough fiction with the facts to get by the sensors of MI’s 5 and 6. It is their plausibility and frankness that captures their audiences, as well as their beautifully crafted characters. Talk about, “show, don’t tell.” Le Carrie gives us stories in which the characters have made never telling anyone anything a way of life! So the story and plot is all revealed in the mood, the atmosphere and the spaces between the sentences. That’s genius. Quiller falls somewhere between the high concept of Harry Palmer stories and the gritty down-to-Earth-ism of Le Carrie. I’m indebted to you for mentioning Tarantino. I was trying to think, who does George Segal remind me of? It’s Bruce Willis. There are times, when he’s chatting up the German teacher in her flat, when he even sounded like him. Something about the eyes and the shape of his features, combined with his mannerisms.
I watched it when it first showed, and enjoyed it. I enjoyed it just as much this time, 50+ years later. The theme tune is still just as haunting. Thanks! .
Great film. Thanks for posting. I thought Segal was excellent in what must have been quite an unusual role for him. Senta Berger is an absolute honey. Great performances by Guinness and von Sydow too, although no surprise there. The film reminds me of the Harry Palmer films a little and with a classic John Barry score to boot. The sixties were so stylish. The suites, the women, the cars.
Saw this in 1968 as a boy,made an impression.All good characters Senta Berger was so sensual,thanks George Segal for your performance in an enjoyable film.
Brilliant film George seagal was superb in this and the beautiful Senta Berger wow loved her the ending was great when he walks away from her at the school very atmospheric
Had to watch this twice, especially because of the scenes between Quiller and the German fraulein, to realise he'd been suspicious of her all along. Really well done, this film. Always love it when I see Max von Sydow and Alec Guinness in the credits.
Fantastic music… Movies like this are a treasure.. The cars, the actors, the script and the direction - just class and excellent in every way. Thank you 🇮🇹🇬🇧
This is a wonderful film that I have watched a couple of times on television. A true spy film with great actors and very good soundtrack music by John Barry who composed the music for the James Bond films. Matt Monro also sings in this film and also in the James Bond film From Russia with love.
También canto el tema de la banda musical del film CHARADA, Matt Monroe, en forma brillante. La canción, con el mismo nombre de la película es excelente (film de espionaje y romance, con toques de humor) Es interesante y se deja ver bien con muy buenos trabajos de Cary Grant y Audrey Herpburn (elegante y de una suave belleza,)
Just watched this again after I don't know how many years. It should be pretty dated but it's still very watchable. Clever screenplay. Great cast. From back in the days before mobile phones and the interweb.
Some great actors in this movie. George Segal always had such a nice charming disarming smile and Sir Alec Guinness a patronising smile that says I know something you don't.
@Margaret Gust Read the book Overthrow. It's full of facts about how the US has invaded 150 countries so far. Plus, the the whole point of the US was to dominate the natives and form a nation after they are subdued. The US did dominate the Indians (eradicated them actually) for that purpose. But I suppose it's easier for you to think your government is like a toothfairy, wishing nobody any harm, just trying to help everyone selflessly. Don't forget either, the US lost 500,000 lives in wwii, the USSR lost 29,000,000, so if you understand math you know who did more to stop hitler.
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I thought I remembered seeing this movie years back. At the scene where Mr. Segal was walking up the steps and bumps into the man carrying the suitcases, I said out loud "He gets jabbed." Thank you for posting.
This is one of the best films I have ever seen :- they just can't make films like this anymore. George Segal and Senta Berger (good enough to eat) sizzle on-screen!
Very suspenseful. I enjoyed this good movie very much on the last day of this year. In Berlin where the story plays many people speak fluent English. Despite the cut of the picture, which was well done by the way, you can get and enjoy the whole story unshortened. Worth seeing.
I had a friend that spent years behind the iron curtain working for the US. He spent time on a Soviet sub, his cover was perfect or so we thought. When the Berlin Wall came down there was no contact. Not married but he had a mother, father and siblings. Needless to say he is presumed dead.
Guinness had a seemingly endless range of characters, voices, appearances,. Astonishing, just these first few minutes, when Im literally thinking wtf do they all dome from?. Segal I just love. Von Sydow remains uniquely bizarre, but still a superb actor. What a line-up!!
They never quite made movies like these. Story and plot are excellent and the dialogues witty. Of course any book by Adam hall or ellestor trevor is always wonderful. Segal is versatile actor both at home with comedy and a thriller movie. Thank you for this wonderful movie
This is an excellent film. Having been a school teacher in Germany it brings back pleasant memories. This is a real spy story and not a childish fantasy like James Bond. George Segal is perfect as Quiller going through the valley of death in the manner of a Taoist Warrior. I wonder if we will ever get movies like this again with the right balance and not too much sensationalism.
Beautiful Mercedes Benz classic 1950's 300D and other models everywhere in this film. There's a fantastic view of the awesome dash woodwork in a 300D convertible that rivals Rolls Royce. The 300D was a very special MB. Oh, the rest of the movie is great, too. ;-)
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The presence of Alec Guinness - no matter how fleeting - in a movie always lifts it out of the commonplace. George Segal was a popular actor in the sixties most at home in romantic comedies. He was a good King Rat. Max Von Sydow plays a convincing baddie and strangely admits to finding Segal sexy...? Segal was undoubtedly a charismatic thespian though with a somewhat limited range. He had three basic expressions which magically served him well: one of greater or lesser anxiety; the second of confused disbelief; and the third a mixture of the two. Senta Berger was a brilliant actress and arguably the most beautiful woman I have ever seen. Moreover - unlike so many other actresses, e.g. Goldie Hawn - Miss Berger has retained her good looks into old age.
My favorite George Segal movies were 'Who's afraid of Virginia woolf", and Death of a Salesman", a teleplay he was in with Lee j Cobb. But neither of those were romantic comedies. There was never anyone close to George Segal in his style. I really liked him.
@@zoe1972A Touch of Class with Glenda Jackson was a terrific film! Segal could always do comedy, he rocked in Where’s Poppa and much later he was very funny on Just Shoot Me!
Wow, this movie had it all. It also left me with such an uneasy feeling all over, almost like chills going through me. I've never experienced a feeling like this, with any other movie, kind of scary and frightening.
I saw this film about 20 years ago and by pure luck I found it back on youtube,,,, Great spy movie in the line of Harry Palmer.. Thanks for posting this one..
Thank you for posting this film. I saw it many years ago, I was in my late teens. Now I see so much more in it, not only the film, but also the attitudes behind the writing of the story and the script. Very interesting and enjoyable
I saw this in theater in my youth. I've forgotten 1000's of movies. It has stayed w me since. It's my favorite movie. I'm w S Taylor below, my other is Michael Cains "Ipcress File". Never understood why Segal didn't continue on w the character like Cain did w Harry Palmer George Segal was perfect in every way. Max Von Sydow was the perfect antagonist, didn't under or over play the part. Like all the guys my age I fell in love w Senta Berger. Alec Guiness was a little too over the top for me, but OK. Even George Saunders bit was spot on. Those who never got it, I think you had to live thru the Cold War to really appreciate all the subtle nuances to the film. The characters, the scenes, the music, atmospheres flowed into one to make it one of the best. The final departing scene w Senta Berger at the school is at least as stunning and descriptive as the final Casablanca scene Thank you, Anthony Prime
I first saw it in a cinema in Singapore in 66 and it made a big impression on me. I agree with your comment except I liked Alex Guiness' character. Eight years ago I was a school teacher in a German school and did the double clap in the playground to get the children to form two lines and so this brings back fond memories for me. The ending of this film is very powerful on many levels.
That look of deep sadness by Quiller when he is finishing up talking with Inga is quite moving. He fell in love with her, knew he had been betrayed, and that he could never trust her again.
Addendum: If this had been an early James Bond film: At the end, Bond would have assasinated both the headmistress and Inge, but the latter only after bedding her again and finding something of Jones’ in her apartment.
La traducción al español, por lo menos sobre el final no es buena. Después de la fogosa noche de amor de días antes, uno imagina otro tipo de despedida más cálida entre ambos. Sin embargo Quiller se muestra bastante frío y lejano, sin muestras de cariño. Pone en duda que los nazis la hayan liberado ( más bien tiene la certeza de que no fue así) y el rostro del él muestra su absoluta incredulidad cuando recibe como respuesta de ella, que no ha conocido al jefe principal de la banda. Por otra parte ella se da cuenta de la distancia que el ha puesto entre ambos y tiene la misma actitud distante. Ni un solo beso, ni siquiera en la mejilla de despedida. Es más mirándola intencionadamente le dice que han capturado a la banda de nazis..pero no a todos. Por eso la supuesta visita cordial si vuelve a Berlín y la pretendida y supuesta alegría futura de ella si vuelve a visitarla (según el diálogo expuesto, no se compadece en absoluto con lo que reflejan los rostros). Por otra parte en la versión original en inglés subtitulada, la conversación y el rostro de ellos es sumamente elocuente sobre la tensión del momento y la certeza de ambos, pero especialmente de Quiller que ella sin duda es una pieza dentro del engranaje de captación nazi y que no volverán a verse, No obstante lo dicho, ciertos silencios, la forma en que se observan y la larga mirada final de ella con la certeza de la separación final, mientras ve como va perdiéndose por el camino de salida de la escuela, dejan en evidencia que hubo un fuego que ha dejado cenizas...que prometen extinguirse lentamente.La distancia y las diferencias políticas harán el resto. 1 Fernando Inzaurgarat Fernando Inzaurgarat hace 10 días Corrobora lo expuesto cierto dejo de tristeza en la mirada de ella, cuando el se va alejando de la escuela . Y otro hecho significativo es el número de teléfono que le da a ella para que llame en caso que lo detuvieran. Ella le comenta en la despedida que ha llamado cuando la dejaron libre, pero que ese número no existía- Y el le responde que seguramente se habrá equivocado..Resulta obvio que no hubo tal error. Su desconfianza en ella hizo que le diera un número falso en ese momento de peligro. Por otra parte parte ella y la otra maestra habían tenido algún vínculo con el agente anterior que fue asesinado en la caseta telefónica al comienzo del film, lo que permite suponer que podían ser ellas agentes dobles y aunque Quiller no muestra (aparentemente) desconfianza, resulta posible que sospechara tal posibilidad. 1 Fernando Inzaurgarat Fernando Inzaurgarat hace 2 días Algo mas.El docente nazi detenido era profesor en la escuela, reemplazado después por el personaje que interpreta la bellísima Semta Berger..otro motivo más para dudar de ella. 1 Fernando Inzaurgarat Fernando Inzaurgarat hace 11 días EXCEPCIONAL BANDA MUSICAL, compuesta por John Barry, tema El niño del miércoles, cantado notablemente por Matt Monro 1
Super flick! Danke Seher! I'm very fond of movies with Max von Sydow. He was a very special actor and for a neutral Swede, always got typecast as a Nazi type. Always did a top notch job. Thank you!
Pinewood studios made so many great movies in the 50’s and 60’s. This was great. Thanks for the excellent post. A hidden gem. An amazing time. Never get enuff of these wonderful old movies from the era of my childhood.
Sanders--what a unique great voice. An excellent actor also. Voices like Sanders., Mason, Lorre, Bogart, Cagney, among others--who can't recognize them
At 29 minutes into this, which I have never seen before, it's very slickly building tension, without violence or crazy driving. I do want that red Porsche! 😎
Thanks so much for posting this Anthony. This was a year before I spent a year in Berlin in Spandau in 67/68 - momentous times of cold war tension when Russia invaded Czechoslovakia. This brought back many memories of how I remember the city especially the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church etc. When you went over to the East/Russian Sector the atmosphere was heavy and foreboding.
OMG! Sir Robert Helpmann plays Weng. He was a very famous Australian ballet dancer, choreographer and director for the Australian Ballet. A boy from little Mount Gambier, he became an apprentice under Anna Pavlova during her time in Australia. He partnered Alicia Markova and Dame Margot Fonteyn, and was chief choreographer for Vic Wells Ballet. When he died, he was given a full state funeral in Sydney. Signed Melbourne Australia.
Love the use of Schleisches Tor for location work. Had hardly changed at all at the start of the 1980s. A tourist trap at this stage. Thank you for posting.
This movie is masterpiece in many ways,it reminds me of Alfred Hitchcock too,this movie and Dark of the Sun (1968) are my favorite movies for all times...
This is a great spy movie and for me it brings back memories of being a school teacher in Germany which I really enjoyed. I remember getting the kids to form two lines in the playground before marching off to the classroom. The film shows how real spies behave. It also shows how agents on different sides can be loyal to the deep friendship that sometimes develops. For me one of the key points of the film is that both Quiller and Inge are wearing brown in the last scene. There are no coincidences in the spy game and things are seldom what they seem.
One of my earliest memories from my childhood schooldays in Scotland St in Glasgow was teachers forming us kids into lines. This followed me all through my school days till I left in 1969 after and including three great years in Broughty Ferry outside Dundee. Later in young adulthood I had several German friends, the similarities between the two cultures were fascinating.
Thank you so much for this. It's a joy to hear the flexatone played so well in the theme music. Those of you who would like to hear it again, look up Khachaturian's Piano Concerto.
I just reread this last month for old times' sake. And I mourned the loss of intelligent plotting. This is for thinking people. Thanks for posting this.
Do read the Quiller series by Adam Hall (pseudonym of Elleston Trevor, who also wrote The Flight of the Phoenix; yes, he was very, very good). The books are much better than the movie, which was fine. Might be difficult to find the books, these days. It's a great pity that excellent books from a half century ago are now so difficult to find. I was just in the bookstore looking to reread an Alistair Maclean novel, The Guns of Navarone. Maclean was a prolific writer with many books made into movies, e.g., The Guns of Navarone, Ice Station Zebra, When Eight Bells Toll, The Satan Bug - just to name a few, and I know I'm missing at least one of the big movie names. Bookstores used to be full of his works, and deservedly so. Not now, not any more. They have even disappeared from most libraries. A great cultural loss. You would think these might be digitized before being tossed out. I'm a former data entry operator. I offer my services to save these literary whales before they become extinct. For a reasonable price, of course. There's a lot of such work that could keep people beneficially employed. But no, instead I sit here jobless. Somebody should be held responsible.
A small press, Ostara Publishing of Colchester, have re-published two Adam Hall 'Quiller' novels, The Ninth Directive and The Striker Portfolio, as well as other forgotten spy novels such as the 'Jonas Wilde' novel, The Eliminator by Andrew York (filmed as "Danger Route" with Richard Johnson as Wilde).
Anthony Prime: Here I am again after a long while....Thanks again for uploading this great film. Love for you your family and friends. Cheers from New Orleans the city of jazz and the wonderful "cajun" food. USA.
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I did work on this film in Berlin many years ago as a junior assistant for the assistant. If people can not work out why there is so little action , murder, and mayhem. This is only to make you feel and understand the REAL Spy business. As it happens in those days in Berlin. James Bond has no place in this at all. Shool teachers are involved in this mess for Gods sake.! Spies without guns are more REAL then not.
+Karl-Heinz Barr They are it's true. So was Inga in bed with someone when Quiller called, or not, as Segal depicted in his interview ....? Palmer and Quiller are more the real deal.......
+IAN PAYNE ...It is just a movie ,,,,but Inge was in love with a Nazi. So there. Nazis where also husbands and did not know any better.
+Karl-Heinz Barr Indeed, my F-I-L was a Polish Farm Slave in Bavaria during WW II and had his face slapped by an SS Officer once for running away. He was lucky! Then Communists overran Poland and he came to UK. Commies, Nazi's, they're all the same re their ethos of utter dominance over mankind.........
+Karl-Heinz Barr I guess a film like tinker tailor soldier spy would be the modern day equivelent of this. I remember being dissapointed with it, upon first viewing in the cinema many years ago. I was used to the James Bond thrillers. Since then I have rewatched it 3 or 4 times, and have come to appreciate it more. Excellent performances by Segal, and Von Sydow, but then again, when was he ever bad. I do remember being puzzled by Senta Berger's character though.
+irish66 Think deep and Inga's character comes to life and is a strong part of the film. They say the quiet ones are the worst.........!!!!
Stunning classic Mercedes Benzes and other lovely cars in this movie. 🤗🤗
made when directors treated their audience with intelligence and weren't afraid to take their time to set up characters and situations to tell a good story instead of punctuating every five minutes with mindless shoot em ups. this film rewards patience with great acting talent at the top of their game.
When the public was intelligent.
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Boy, you can say that again !!!
They are Mindless Imbeciles Now, every damn one of them.
and screenwriters - harold pinter - the actual book is a mess
I was a George Segal fan in my younger days .
When I saw this movie , the theme tune and Senta Berger captivated me ...👌
I've watched this film a few times over the years. I'm surprised how much of it I've forgotten. Some scenes I just don't remember.
Max Von Sydow here , looks the spitting image of Boris Becker .👌
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George is so cool. I had a huge crush on him.
R.I.P. George Segal, 1934-2021. Always enjoyed him in whatever he was in.
This was a great film
😒 This covers at a (sad) surprise to me.
A really good actor, and this is (even as my Tarantino said to Mr Segal) a really terrific film.
@@UNOwen1 Yes he played a smart arse american very well.
Love George Segal great guy too.
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A brilliant film. They don't come better than this.
Yes an intelligent film. No gimmicky no cgi no Hollywood style format of 2 sex scenes, 2 car chases, 3 explosions etc. Just good acting and a more realistic pace for a spy film. No fast paced b.s editing. Yes, a breath of fresh air. Old skool style bond but as sexy as any of them. Double thumbs up!
Yes, I prefer to hear intelligent dialogue, instead of the foul language, and other low class trashy stuff, that Hollyweird always has to sink to. Unfortunately they NEVER get it. They're too dumb to get it.
George Segal was one of my favorite actors.. He could do anything .. drama.. comedy.. he was extremely well versed… So, was Alex Guinness… Two brilliant actors… Sad that they are both gone… I really miss George Segal.. He always made me laugh…. I forget the name.. but the comedy he did with Barbara Streisand was very funny…
This was a great spy flick.. more like the real thing…
Thank you for posting..! Haven’t seen this in 40 years… Still Carries well…
The Owl and the Pussycat
Agreed! I wish they'd used George Segal in more films in the '70s and '80s. Finding a film of his that you haven't seen yet is like finding a hidden treasure! Or as the Goonies would say, "rich stuff."
He was hilarious in Where’s Poppa with Ruth Gordon!
Barefoot in the park
Max von Sydow does a great Boris Becker😂🤣😂
Aah! A British spy movie. A classic. Well done, Chaps! The clever dialogue is better than any violent exchange of gunfire. Thank you.
Ah yes, yes....Quite!
The Quiller Memorandum is my favorite spy movie, for many reasons. Ironically it is also Quentin Tarantino's favorite spy movie. I worked as a Teacher in a German International School and it brings back fond memories of being a teacher. Getting the children to form lines after break is just so classic.
For me the messgae in the film holds true today. The scene at the beginning where Pol tells Quiller that Nazis don't wear brown shirts anymore is pure gold. And at the end of the film Quiller and Inge are discussing the capture of all the Nazi cell, and most importantly both of them are wearing brown. That visual lesson is combined with Quiller letting Inge off the hook. Their personal relationship trumps their duty on being on opposite sides. This is shades of "The spy who came in from the cold" and makes this movie true to life. Like the "Three Days of the Condor", "The Whistleblower" and to some extent the Harry Palmer films this is how espionage works in real life. Spy movies in a completely different class to gun toting, babe chasing, car chasing gamblers.
Didja just name drop Tarantino to elevate your status ? Bruh...lol
3 Days of the Condor is a great movie!
@@freddyharrison877low IQ people who call others BRUH just hate anyone with actual intelligence😅
Well, I’ve always held that people who watch Bond movies for the spycraft and not just the action, the stunts, the set pieces, the quips, the glamour and the fun villains, just aren’t getting it. They’re excellent at what they do, but we’re not meant to take them seriously.
Stories like The Spy Who Came In From The Cold are loosely based on Le Carrie’s experiences and the experiences of his colleagues and contacts. They’re gritty, seedy, philosophical, eye opening and always rather tragic. They tell the tale of people who make huge sacrifices (sometimes the ultimate sacrifice) for their country and way of life, and who do so for very little by way of reward. That is the morality lesson at the heart of all of John Le Carrie’s stories, told in varying ways, mixing just enough fiction with the facts to get by the sensors of MI’s 5 and 6. It is their plausibility and frankness that captures their audiences, as well as their beautifully crafted characters. Talk about, “show, don’t tell.” Le Carrie gives us stories in which the characters have made never telling anyone anything a way of life! So the story and plot is all revealed in the mood, the atmosphere and the spaces between the sentences. That’s genius.
Quiller falls somewhere between the high concept of Harry Palmer stories and the gritty down-to-Earth-ism of Le Carrie.
I’m indebted to you for mentioning Tarantino. I was trying to think, who does George Segal remind me of? It’s Bruce Willis. There are times, when he’s chatting up the German teacher in her flat, when he even sounded like him. Something about the eyes and the shape of his features, combined with his mannerisms.
I watched it when it first showed, and enjoyed it.
I enjoyed it just as much this time, 50+ years later.
The theme tune is still just as haunting.
Thanks!
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Came out same year as Virginia Woolf. George was nominated for Best Supporting Actor for VW. PS I ❤ George Sanders!
Great film. Thanks for posting. I thought Segal was excellent in what must have been quite an unusual role for him. Senta Berger is an absolute honey. Great performances by Guinness and von Sydow too, although no surprise there. The film reminds me of the Harry Palmer films a little and with a classic John Barry score to boot. The sixties were so stylish. The suites, the women, the cars.
Tim Richardson Segal was just starting his career as a star, and had just been in Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf with Burton and Taylor.
I watched this movie mid 1980s in PRC, the few minutes at the end of the film are profound and have practical significance for today's Germany.
Good film...pity not a sequel..
That actress was beautiful... stunning
The dialogue in this movie seems very realistic to me. Understated but like normal people. I like that
Screenplay was by distinguished playwright Harold Pinter!
Saw this in 1968 as a boy,made an impression.All good characters Senta Berger was so sensual,thanks George Segal for your performance in an enjoyable film.
Brilliant film George seagal was superb in this and the beautiful Senta Berger wow loved her the ending was great when he walks away from her at the school very atmospheric
Had to watch this twice, especially because of the scenes between Quiller and the German fraulein, to realise he'd been suspicious of her all along. Really well done, this film. Always love it when I see Max von Sydow and Alec Guinness in the credits.
Fantastic music…
Movies like this are a treasure..
The cars, the actors, the script and the direction - just class and excellent in every way.
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Ditto. I say the same exact thing.❤️🥰😍❤️
This is a wonderful film that I have watched a couple of times on television. A true spy film with great actors and very good soundtrack music by John Barry who composed the music for the James Bond films. Matt Monro also sings in this film and also in the James Bond film From Russia with love.
También canto el tema de la banda musical del film CHARADA, Matt Monroe, en forma brillante. La canción, con el mismo nombre de la película es excelente (film de espionaje y romance, con toques de humor) Es interesante y se deja ver bien con muy buenos trabajos de Cary Grant y Audrey Herpburn (elegante y de una suave belleza,)
Just watched this again after I don't know how many years. It should be pretty dated but it's still very watchable. Clever screenplay. Great cast. From back in the days before mobile phones and the interweb.
It just really KILLS ME, when I hear someone trying to, or attempting to, put down a good movie, by saying that it is "DATED" when it's "NOT !!"
One of the best spy films ever, George Segal is absolutely brilliant.
Some great actors in this movie. George Segal always had such a nice charming disarming smile and Sir Alec Guinness a patronising smile that says I know something you don't.
Some really nice now expensive classic cars in this especially Quiller’s red Porsche 356 cabriolet and various lovely old Mercedes too
25:00 'Our country [the USA] doesn't want to dominate anyone.' Now that line really had me in stitches.
@Margaret Gust Probably EVZYL is someone rather young who went our now corrupt education system.
@Margaret Gust Read the book Overthrow. It's full of facts about how the US has invaded 150 countries so far. Plus, the the whole point of the US was to dominate the natives and form a nation after they are subdued. The US did dominate the Indians (eradicated them actually) for that purpose. But I suppose it's easier for you to think your government is like a toothfairy, wishing nobody any harm, just trying to help everyone selflessly. Don't forget either, the US lost 500,000 lives in wwii, the USSR lost 29,000,000, so if you understand math you know who did more to stop hitler.
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Yes. RIP George Segal. Fantastic film. Script by Pinter. Music great. Acting great.
Great film ,fabulous actors ,Director😊😊😊😊😊🎉
brilliant film...excellent music. bravo!
I thought I remembered seeing this movie years back. At the scene where Mr. Segal was walking up the steps and bumps into the man carrying the suitcases, I said out loud "He gets jabbed." Thank you for posting.
As time goes on Paintings, poetry, music, and films of the past always look better and better and so people appreciate them more!!!
Even Pinter, seemingly.
Love the cars... Mercedes 220 convertibles, Porsche, Ford Taunus, Opels... and VWs.
This is one of the best films I have ever seen :- they just can't make films like this anymore. George Segal and Senta Berger (good enough to eat) sizzle on-screen!
Very suspenseful. I enjoyed this good movie very much on the last day of this year. In Berlin where the story plays many people speak fluent English. Despite the cut of the picture, which was well done by the way, you can get and enjoy the whole story unshortened. Worth seeing.
Sir Alec Guinness .. shades of George Smiley :).
George Smiley, that’s a name I haven’t heard in a long long time 😅
Very nice movie. Thank you.
I had a friend that spent years behind the iron curtain working for the US. He spent time on a Soviet sub, his cover was perfect or so we thought. When the Berlin Wall came down there was no contact. Not married but he had a mother, father and siblings. Needless to say he is presumed dead.
George and Senta really bring their A game
Rest In Peace Mr Max Von Sydow
Guinness had a seemingly endless range of characters, voices, appearances,. Astonishing, just these first few minutes, when Im literally thinking wtf do they all dome from?. Segal I just love. Von Sydow remains uniquely bizarre, but still a superb actor. What a line-up!!
Any film with the great Alec Guinness and George Sanders is going to be good.
Fantastic film.
What a classic 👍thanks
Senta Berger sure was beautiful back in 1966. Wow! Great film! I was a little kid in 66, so never saw this film. Glad I could see it now on You Tube.
Good old movie stellar cast, great location shots very well done, not at all like the what you see today.
great movie and great music...loved it..Thanks............Mick UK.
The script is superb. Nothing said between Quiller and Inga is on the level and each word has a precise meaning.
They never quite made movies like these. Story and plot are excellent and the dialogues witty. Of course any book by Adam hall or ellestor trevor is always wonderful. Segal is versatile actor both at home with comedy and a thriller movie. Thank you for this wonderful movie
Made back when quality meant substance as opposed to how many special effects there are.
This is an excellent film. Having been a school teacher in Germany it brings back pleasant memories. This is a real spy story and not a childish fantasy like James Bond. George Segal is perfect as Quiller going through the valley of death in the manner of a Taoist Warrior. I wonder if we will ever get movies like this again with the right balance and not too much sensationalism.
When were you a teacher in Germany?
intelligence is what Quiller was using and not even the audience realised it.!. try and find this in the USA.!
I beg your pardon, my spycraft is not some "childish fantasy".
@@NorceCodine Back in 2011
@si james Thank you for the suggestion. "Funeral in Berlin" is a great film and catches the atmosphere of the sixties.
Beautiful Mercedes Benz classic 1950's 300D and other models everywhere in this film.
There's a fantastic view of the awesome dash woodwork in a 300D convertible that rivals Rolls Royce. The 300D was a very special MB.
Oh, the rest of the movie is great, too. ;-)
What a great film!
Good old classic retro Classic retro Film movie excellent great good movie.!!! Thanks for uploading this film movie I'm watching this Film movie right now 31 st Januar 2022.! 🎞️🎥📽️🎬👍💯🤩😍🥰😘🤗🤗
Simply Excellent,just excellent
Yet another top quality John Barry soundtrack
This is simply a brilliant film. Well made, great acting, good story. A must watch. BRILL.
The presence of Alec Guinness - no matter how fleeting - in a movie always lifts it out of the commonplace. George Segal was a popular actor in the sixties most at home in romantic comedies. He was a good King Rat.
Max Von Sydow plays a convincing baddie and strangely admits to finding Segal sexy...? Segal was undoubtedly a charismatic thespian though with a somewhat limited range. He had three basic expressions which magically served him well: one of greater or lesser anxiety; the second of confused disbelief; and the third a mixture of the two.
Senta Berger was a brilliant actress and arguably the most beautiful woman I have ever seen. Moreover - unlike so many other actresses, e.g. Goldie Hawn - Miss Berger has retained her good looks into old age.
Segal was great in “The Terminal Man”.
First time seeing this actress. And yes, she was a stunning beauty!
My favorite George Segal movies were 'Who's afraid of Virginia woolf", and Death of a Salesman", a teleplay he was in with Lee j Cobb. But neither of those were romantic comedies. There was never anyone close to George Segal in his style. I really liked him.
Don’t forget the terrific George Sanders!
@@zoe1972A Touch of Class with Glenda Jackson was a terrific film! Segal could always do comedy, he rocked in Where’s Poppa and much later he was very funny on Just Shoot Me!
Wow, this movie had it all.
It also left me with such an uneasy feeling all over, almost like chills going through me.
I've never experienced a feeling like this, with any other movie, kind of scary and frightening.
I saw this film about 20 years ago and by pure luck I found it back on youtube,,,, Great spy movie in the line of Harry Palmer.. Thanks for posting this one..
Thank you for posting this film. I saw it many years ago, I was in my late teens. Now I see so much more in it, not only the film, but also the attitudes behind the writing of the story and the script. Very interesting and enjoyable
I saw it in the theater with my parents, I was 14! Really liked it and got a big crush on Segal!
How refreshing to see positive comments on youtube. I was a kid when this came out and Senta Berger blew my mind.
Me Too,,,,
Did she make your swollen head spin.
With Romy Schneider and Hedi Lamarr one oft the three most beautiful Austrian movie actresses of all time.
I saw this in theater in my youth. I've forgotten 1000's of movies. It has stayed w me since. It's my favorite movie. I'm w S Taylor below, my other is Michael Cains "Ipcress File". Never understood why Segal didn't continue on w the character like Cain did w Harry Palmer
George Segal was perfect in every way. Max Von Sydow was the perfect antagonist, didn't under or over play the part. Like all the guys my age I fell in love w Senta Berger. Alec Guiness was a little too over the top for me, but OK. Even George Saunders bit was spot on.
Those who never got it, I think you had to live thru the Cold War to really appreciate all the subtle nuances to the film. The characters, the scenes, the music, atmospheres flowed into one to make it one of the best. The final departing scene w Senta Berger at the school is at least as stunning and descriptive as the final Casablanca scene
Thank you, Anthony Prime
I first saw it in a cinema in Singapore in 66 and it made a big impression on me. I agree with your comment except I liked Alex Guiness' character. Eight years ago I was a school teacher in a German school and did the double clap in the playground to get the children to form two lines and so this brings back fond memories for me. The ending of this film is very powerful on many levels.
That look of deep sadness by Quiller when he is finishing up talking with Inga is quite moving. He fell in love with her, knew he had been betrayed, and that he could never trust her again.
Addendum: If this had been an early James Bond film: At the end, Bond would have assasinated both the headmistress and Inge, but the latter only after bedding her again and finding something of Jones’ in her apartment.
La traducción al español, por lo menos sobre el final no es buena. Después de la fogosa noche de amor de días antes, uno imagina otro tipo de despedida más cálida entre ambos. Sin embargo Quiller se muestra bastante frío y lejano, sin muestras de cariño. Pone en duda que los nazis la hayan liberado ( más bien tiene la certeza de que no fue así) y el rostro del él muestra su absoluta incredulidad cuando recibe como respuesta de ella, que no ha conocido al jefe principal de la banda. Por otra parte ella se da cuenta de la distancia que el ha puesto entre ambos y tiene la misma actitud distante. Ni un solo beso, ni siquiera en la mejilla de despedida. Es más mirándola intencionadamente le dice que han capturado a la banda de nazis..pero no a todos. Por eso la supuesta visita cordial si vuelve a Berlín y la pretendida y supuesta alegría futura de ella si vuelve a visitarla (según el diálogo expuesto, no se compadece en absoluto con lo que reflejan los rostros). Por otra parte en la versión original en inglés subtitulada, la conversación y el rostro de ellos es sumamente elocuente sobre la tensión del momento y la certeza de ambos, pero especialmente de Quiller que ella sin duda es una pieza dentro del engranaje de captación nazi y que no volverán a verse, No obstante lo dicho, ciertos silencios, la forma en que se observan y la larga mirada final de ella con la certeza de la separación final, mientras ve como va perdiéndose por el camino de salida de la escuela, dejan en evidencia que hubo un fuego que ha dejado cenizas...que prometen extinguirse lentamente.La distancia y las diferencias políticas harán el resto.
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Corrobora lo expuesto cierto dejo de tristeza en la mirada de ella, cuando el se va alejando de la escuela . Y otro hecho significativo es el número de teléfono que le da a ella para que llame en caso que lo detuvieran. Ella le comenta en la despedida que ha llamado cuando la dejaron libre, pero que ese número no existía- Y el le responde que seguramente se habrá equivocado..Resulta obvio que no hubo tal error. Su desconfianza en ella hizo que le diera un número falso en ese momento de peligro. Por otra parte parte ella y la otra maestra habían tenido algún vínculo con el agente anterior que fue asesinado en la caseta telefónica al comienzo del film, lo que permite suponer que podían ser ellas agentes dobles y aunque Quiller no muestra (aparentemente) desconfianza, resulta posible que sospechara tal posibilidad.
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Algo mas.El docente nazi detenido era profesor en la escuela, reemplazado después por el personaje que interpreta la bellísima Semta Berger..otro motivo más para dudar de ella.
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EXCEPCIONAL BANDA MUSICAL, compuesta por John Barry, tema El niño del miércoles, cantado notablemente por Matt Monro
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i fell in love with her, too.
Super flick! Danke Seher! I'm very fond of movies with Max von Sydow. He was a very special actor and for a neutral Swede, always got typecast as a Nazi type. Always did a top notch job. Thank you!
Very Very good movie.
Just love the music in this excellent spy movie.
the school teacher is perfect , shes very beautiful , I cant take my eyes of her.
Wonderful film. Thanks for the posting.
Pinewood studios made so many great movies in the 50’s and 60’s. This was great. Thanks for the excellent post. A hidden gem. An amazing time. Never get enuff of these wonderful old movies from the era of my childhood.
Sanders--what a unique great voice. An excellent actor also. Voices like Sanders., Mason, Lorre, Bogart, Cagney, among others--who can't recognize them
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LOL! Shere Khan! Shalom to us only in Christ Yeshua.
Susan Bell not like the bland, no talent boy-men who are ‘stars’ today.
I've loved this movie since I first saw it in my early teens. I became an instant fan of George Segal. Thanks for sharing :)
Allegorical Littera - Jack Kost me too!
At 29 minutes into this, which I have never seen before, it's very slickly building tension, without violence or crazy driving. I do want that red Porsche! 😎
Oktober: Tell us your name first.
Quiller: They call me spike!
What a great movie! Wow! In a nutshell, George Segal's suits and Senta Berger's face!
I've watched this film over one hundred times. It's the acting of Alec Guinnes at the beginning. Sets up the film. Fantastic !!!
Bill Moylan A young George Smiley indeed 😊
Alec Guinness is simply a cut above the rest.
The way Senta bites her lip in the car seen is brilliantly subtle. Like Alec Guinness.
Excellent, many thanks.
Wonderful movie- great acting. One of my favourites from the 60's. Thanks for the upload.
Too bad YT only streams the crap resolution version... not nice YT.
Thanks so much for posting this Anthony. This was a year before I spent a year in Berlin in Spandau in 67/68 - momentous times of cold war tension when Russia invaded Czechoslovakia. This brought back many memories of how I remember the city especially the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church etc. When you went over to the East/Russian Sector the atmosphere was heavy and foreboding.
Simon Hattrell is love to visit Berlin in the 60s. Shame it’s not possible!
I spent a day in East Berlin in 1980 or so. The saddest people I've ever seen. I was relieved to get back into the West that evening.
Brilliant acting by George Segal and the amazing Max Von Sydow. Thanks for sharing 🙂
What a stunner Senta Berger was.
Thank for putting this up Anthony, much enjoyed.............Thanks and Blessings..............
OMG! Sir Robert Helpmann plays Weng.
He was a very famous Australian ballet dancer,
choreographer and director for the Australian Ballet.
A boy from little Mount Gambier, he became an apprentice under Anna Pavlova
during her time in Australia.
He partnered Alicia Markova and Dame Margot Fonteyn,
and was chief choreographer for Vic Wells Ballet.
When he died, he was given a full state funeral in Sydney.
Signed Melbourne Australia.
Enjoyed a real good movie, thx
Love the use of Schleisches Tor for location work. Had hardly changed at all at the start of the 1980s. A tourist trap at this stage. Thank you for posting.
The only location in the entire film that is close to the border with East Berlin and the Berlin wall..
It was funny to see the shifter on the tree of the steering wheel....I remember driving that way....thank you for sharing this movie
My old Saab had three on the tree.
Senta Berger is stunning!!!!!!!!!!!
The music is wonderful and any movie with Max von Sydow is tops.
+Barb Kaye he played chess w/ death, innit?
+bill allen And offered to kill Robert Redford at no extra charge in Three Days of the Condor. The man's a menace.
also hounded hims to death on the sea, it was what caused hims to exclaim: "all hope is lost!". maybe.
I love Max
LOL! : )
This movie is masterpiece in many ways,it reminds me of Alfred Hitchcock too,this movie and Dark of the Sun (1968) are my favorite movies for all times...
This is a great spy movie and for me it brings back memories of being a school teacher in Germany which I really enjoyed. I remember getting the kids to form two lines in the playground before marching off to the classroom. The film shows how real spies behave. It also shows how agents on different sides can be loyal to the deep friendship that sometimes develops. For me one of the key points of the film is that both Quiller and Inge are wearing brown in the last scene. There are no coincidences in the spy game and things are seldom what they seem.
Ahh, here is Jones.
One of my earliest memories from my childhood schooldays in Scotland St in Glasgow was teachers forming us kids into lines. This followed me all through my school days till I left in 1969 after and including three great years in Broughty Ferry outside Dundee.
Later in young adulthood I had several German friends, the similarities between the two cultures were fascinating.
Thank you so much for this. It's a joy to hear the flexatone played so well in the theme music. Those of you who would like to hear it again, look up Khachaturian's Piano Concerto.
I will! Thank you!!
a real rare gem!
Very good film!! There doesn't always have to be blood and guts!! Thanks!!
I just reread this last month for old times' sake. And I mourned the loss of intelligent plotting. This is for thinking people. Thanks for posting this.
Yes indeed. Screenplay by Harold Pinter.
Plot by Elleston Trevor (Adm Hall),Pinter just padded out the dialogue.
Do read the Quiller series by Adam Hall (pseudonym of Elleston Trevor, who also wrote The Flight of the Phoenix; yes, he was very, very good). The books are much better than the movie, which was fine. Might be difficult to find the books, these days. It's a great pity that excellent books from a half century ago are now so difficult to find. I was just in the bookstore looking to reread an Alistair Maclean novel, The Guns of Navarone. Maclean was a prolific writer with many books made into movies, e.g., The Guns of Navarone, Ice Station Zebra, When Eight Bells Toll, The Satan Bug - just to name a few, and I know I'm missing at least one of the big movie names. Bookstores used to be full of his works, and deservedly so. Not now, not any more. They have even disappeared from most libraries. A great cultural loss. You would think these might be digitized before being tossed out. I'm a former data entry operator. I offer my services to save these literary whales before they become extinct. For a reasonable price, of course. There's a lot of such work that could keep people beneficially employed. But no, instead I sit here jobless. Somebody should be held responsible.
A small press, Ostara Publishing of Colchester, have re-published two Adam Hall 'Quiller' novels, The Ninth Directive and The Striker Portfolio, as well as other forgotten spy novels such as the 'Jonas Wilde' novel, The Eliminator by Andrew York (filmed as "Danger Route" with Richard Johnson as Wilde).
Anthony Prime: Here I am again after a long while....Thanks again for uploading this great film. Love for you your family and friends. Cheers from New Orleans the city of jazz and the wonderful "cajun" food. USA.
i remember this movie. and gunter meisner was a friend of mine-a great actor. rip. gives me chills to watch again.
Fantastic, I really enjoyed that and thank you for posting.
"...almost all of them..."
Very good oldy spy-movie!
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Love the film. Thank you for uploading.