The spy who went to hell
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | The spy who went to hell |
| Original title | The spy who went to hell Corrida pour un espion |
| Country of production | Germany Spain France |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1965 |
| length | 109 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 16 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Maurice Labro |
| script | Maurice Labro Jean Meckert based on a novel by Claude Rank |
| production |
Hans Oppenheimer Raymond Hébert Miguel de Echarri |
| music | Michel Legrand |
| camera | Roger Fellous |
| cut | Georges Arnstam |
| occupation | |
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The Spy Who Goes to Hell is a German-French-Spanish action and agent film from 1965 with Ray Danton in the title role.
action
The NATO has fallen into an alarming and western security highly dangerous situation. Soviet spy cameras have been installed on one of their bases in Spain, with which one can now receive precise images of the military installations in Moscow. The US secret service sends its best man Jeff Larson to Spain, a defense specialist. When he arrives on site, he will be met by his Spanish contact person, the attractive, slim and classy Pilar. From now on both should work together. Also at his side is the solid, beefy colleague Bob Stuart.
Outside the Spanish territorial waters, Larson discovers a Soviet ship, the Donjez, at anchor, which disguises itself as a harmless fishing trawler. In a night-and-fog operation, he climbs onto the same ship in the dark to discover its secret. In fact, the opponent's headquarters with a relay station is hidden there. But Larsen is unlucky; he is discovered, captured and properly beaten. The use of brainwashing is also an effective means of the opponent. The US agent is trapped and a bomb's clock is ticking. Only with a last effort can Larson escape the explosion and finally render the dangerous enemy harmless.
Production notes
The Spy Who Goes to Hell was filmed from the beginning of April (interiors in the Arca film studio) to May 1965 (exterior shots in Spain and France) and premiered in Germany on August 13, 1965.
Willi Schatz designed the film structures . Gunther Kortwich took care of the sound engineering, Bruno Mondi's son Georg Mondi was the camera assistant. The production management was in the hands of Ulrich Pickard.
The film is a typical Eurospy trash product, one of numerous internationally co-produced agent films that were made as a result of the great success of the James Bond film series in the mid-1960s.
Reviews
“Superman James Bond didn't face uneven competition. As an American super agent in Spain, Ray Danton makes a well-trained and, of course, invulnerable figure. His task: to free the US base from Russian TV eyes. "
In Paimann's film lists it says: "... action and plot required in a beautiful environment (Spain), which not only serves to cement it, but ... in itself also arouses interest."
In Films 1965-70 the following can be read: "In the massing of questionable details, despite a comparatively less suggestive design, it is hardly acceptable."
The Lexicon of International Films said: "Weak James Bond imitation from the time when the cinema was teeming with spies and agent types."
Web links
- The spy who went to hell in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- The spy who went to hell at filmportal.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ Source: Hamburger Abendblatt of October 23, 1965
- ↑ The spy who went to hell ( memento of the original from March 13, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. In: Paimann's film lists
- ^ Films 1965/70. Handbook VIII of the Catholic film criticism. Volume 1. Cologne 1971, p. 291
- ↑ The Spy Who Goed to Hell. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed December 4, 2015 .
