The Looking Glass War (film)
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| Directed by | Frank Pierson |
| Produced by | John Box (producer) M.J. Frankovich (executive producer) William Kirby (associate producer) |
| Written by | John le Carré (novel The Looking Glass War) Frank Pierson |
| Starring | Christopher Jones Pia Degermark Ralph Richardson |
| Music by | Angela Morley |
| Cinematography | Austin Dempster |
| Edited by | Willy Kemplen |
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Release dates
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1969 |
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Running time
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108 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English German |
The Looking Glass War is a 1969 British film directed by Frank Pierson.
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Plot summary
Polish defector Leiser (Christopher Jones) is offered by MI6 a chance at UK citizenship if he agrees to undertake a mission into East Germany. (This to replace an already murdered MI6 agent.) The mission, (To gather photographic intelligence on a covert East German rocket system in violation of international agreements.) begins to go wrong from the start when, having arrived in East Germany, he's forced to murder a lorry driver for rejecting his homosexual advances. Leiser's objective is further undermined when he falls in love with an East German woman looking for a way out of the country.
Cast
- Christopher Jones as Leiser
- Pia Degermark as The Girl
- Ralph Richardson as LeClerc
- Paul Rogers as Haldane
- Anthony Hopkins as John Avery
- Susan George as Susan
- Ray McAnally as Undersecretary of State
- Robert Urquhart as Johnson
- Anna Massey as Avery's Wife
- Vivian Pickles as Mrs. King
- Maxine Audley as Mrs. LeClerc
- Cyril Shaps as East German Detective
- Michael Robbins as Truck Driver
- Timothy West as Taylor
- Frederick Jaeger as The Pilot
- Peter Swanwick as Finnish Policeman
- Paul Maxwell as CIA Man
- Guy Deghy as Fritsche
- Ernest Walder as Radio Engineer
- Patrick Wright as East German Policeman (VoPo)
- Sylva Langova as East German Woman
- David Scheur as Russian Officer
- Allan McClelland as Doctor
- Angela Down as Chelsea Girl
- Robert Wilde as English Policeman
- Nicholas Stewart as German Boy
- Linda Hedger as Taylor's Child
- Russell Lewis as Avery's Child
Soundtrack
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External links
- Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). The Looking Glass War at IMDb
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