Code name: Emerald

Movie
German title	Code name: Emerald
Original title	Code name: Emerald
Country of production	United States
original language	English
Publishing year	1985
length	95 minutes
Age rating	FSK 16
Rod
Director	Jonathan Sanger
script	Ronald Bass
production	Martin Starger
music	John Addison
camera	Freddie Francis
cut	Stu Linder
occupation
Ed Harris : August "Gus" Lang Max von Sydow : Jürgen Brausch Horst Buchholz : Walter Hoffman Helmut Berger : Ernst Ritter Cyrielle Clair : Claire Jouvet Eric Stoltz : Andy Wheeler Patrick Stewart : Colonel Peters Graham Crowden : Sir Geoffrey Macklin George Mikell : Major Seltz Gabriel Barylli : Dieter Träger

Codename: Emerald (Original title: Codename: Emerald ) is an American film by the director Jonathan Sanger from 1985 . The screenplay by Ronald Bass is based on his novel The Emerald Illusion . Ed Harris , Max von Sydow , Horst Buchholz and Helmut Berger can be seen in the leading roles .

action

In June 1944, the Germans succeeded in taking numerous prisoners in a commando operation on the English coast during the Second World War. The prisoners are brought to Vincennes Castle , where the German Wehrmacht is trying to extract the date of the planned landing in Normandy from the young American Lieutenant Andy Wheeler. The Allies also know of the capture and try to prevent the Germans from torturing him with false information about Wheeler's health.

Shortly thereafter, the best German agent August 'Gus' Lang jumps off with a parachute near Paris to contact the Resistance . Now he goes to the German headquarters in the castle of Vincennes, where he receives the order from Standartenführer Ernst Ritter, SS-General Hoffmann and Wehrmacht Colonel Jürgen Brausch, as a fellow prisoner of Wheeler, to listen to him about the Allies. However, Gus Lang is actually an Allied double agent, which now gets him into big trouble.

background

There is a small mistake in the film. The Max Holste Broussard aircraft used by the protagonists to escape from occupied France was not developed and flown until the 1950s.

Vincennes Castle, shown in this film as the quarters of the Germans, served as the headquarters of the French General Staff in 1940 during the unsuccessful defense of the country against the German invasion . It was then occupied by German troops who had to vacate it on August 20, 1944, not without leaving some damage.

criticism

"Funny and impulsive spy film."

- Lexicon of international film .

"Prominent cast, but too lengthy"

- cinema.de .

"A quite intelligently made thriller, which is cast with excellent actors and has surprises in store right up to the last minute."

- Carsten Henkelmann for Sense of View.

Web links

• Code Name: Emerald in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Codename: Emerald in the All Movie Guide (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Code name: Emerald. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .  
2. ↑ Codename: Emerald on cinema.de , accessed on March 8, 2013
3. ↑ Codename: Emerald on Sense of view , accessed March 30, 2013