The agent

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Movie
German title The agent
Original title The Operative
Country of production Germany , France , Israel
original language English , Hebrew , Farsi
Publishing year 2019
length 117 minutes
Age rating FSK 16
Rod
Director Yuval eagle
script Yuval eagle
production Anne Carey ,
Jonathan Doweck ,
Viola Fügen ,
Eitan Mansuri ,
Michael Weber
music Haim Frank Ilfman
camera Kolja Brandt
cut Hansjörg Weißbrich
occupation

The Agentin (original title: The Operative ) is a German-Israeli-French espionage thriller by Yuval Adler , which premiered on February 10, 2019 as part of the Berlinale and was released in German cinemas on August 29, 2019.

action

Rachel is a spy for the Israeli Mossad who was trained in Germany. When she is attending her father's funeral in London, she suddenly disappears without a trace. The only indication of her whereabouts is an encrypted message on the answering machine of her former supervisor Thomas.

production

The German actress Diane Kruger and her British colleague Martin Freeman took on the leading roles, here at the Berlin Film Festival The German actress Diane Kruger and her British colleague Martin Freeman took on the leading roles, here at the Berlin Film Festival
The German actress Diane Kruger and her
British colleague Martin Freeman took on the
leading roles, here at the Berlin Film Festival

It is in The Operative is a German-Israeli-French co-production of Match Factory Productions, Spiro film, Le Pacte, Black Bear Pictures, Archer Gray Productions and Mountain Trail film. Co-producers are KNM, Bord Cadre Films, Neue Bioskop Film and Little Shark Entertainment. Directed by Yuval Adler , who also wrote the script.

The film received production funding of 750,000 euros from the Film- und Medienstiftung NRW, 250,000 euros from the Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung and 260,000 euros from the Franco-German Funding Commission.

The German actress Diane Kruger and her British colleague Martin Freeman took on the leading roles. Kruger plays an agent named Rachel who spies for the Israeli secret service Mossad in Iran and disappears without a trace. Freeman plays a former supervisor who goes looking for her. The Canadian actor Cas Anvar took on the role as Rachel's lover, who is also in danger.

In the summer of 2018 the film was shot in Leipzig . Other locations were Israel, Bulgaria and North Rhine-Westphalia. Kolja Brandt acted as cameraman .

The film music was composed by Haim Frank Ilfman .

The film was presented in February 2019 at the Berlin International Film Festival , where it was shown out of competition. The cinema release in Germany was on August 29, 2019.

reception

Age rating

In Germany, the film was approved by the FSK from the age of 16. The statement of reasons for the release states that acts of violence carried out in cold blood are shown several times , which can overwhelm children and adolescents under 16 due to the drastic nature and in the gloomy context that is difficult for them to understand.

Reviews and grossing results

Andreas Conrad from Tagesspiegel wrote: "The film does not focus on which side is right or not. Nor is it about Iran, which only forms the background - from a second film crew under apparently somewhat conspiratorial conditions and with a Kruger double What interested him are the inner workings of the characters, their inner conflicts - as a "character study", the drama of people in certain situations. "

Andreas Fanizadeh of the taz wrote that Yuval Adler's thriller about an agent recruited by the Mossad fulfills every anti-Israeli cliché, and the director actually leaves little out of this B-movie, for example when his Rachel smuggles bombs into the country: “It is less remarkable that Adler Made a film that was bad in every way. It is remarkable that with such a botch you can make it to a renowned festival in 2019. "

The film grossed around 1.4 million US dollars worldwide.

Web links

Commons : The Agent  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Certificate of release for the agent . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry (PDF; test number: 191523 / K). Template: FSK / maintenance / type not set and Par. 1 longer than 4 characters
  2. ↑ https://www.mdm-online.de/uploads/tx_nmpress/PM_01_2019_MDM_The_Operative_Berlinale2019.pdf
  3. ↑ a b c d Diane Kruger with Martin Freeman in espionage thriller. In: Focus Online, May 5, 2018.
  4. ↑ German-French funding commission awards 1.1 million euros in funding. In: spielfilm.de, April 3, 2018.
  5. ↑ The Filmstiftung supports 22 projects with around 2.5 million euros. In: filmstiftung.de, December 7, 2017.
  6. ↑ https://www.mdm-online.de/uploads/tx_nmpress/PM_01_2019_MDM_The_Operative_Berlinale2019.pdf
  7. ↑ Frank Ilfman to Score Yuval Adler's 'The Operative' | Film Music Reporter. Retrieved February 12, 2020 (American English).
  8. ↑ Highlight at the Berlinale 2019 sponsored by the Film Foundation: “The Operative” with Diane Kruger out of competition. In: lifepr.de, January 10, 2019.
  9. ↑ Start dates in Germany . In: insidekino.com. Retrieved May 18, 2019.
  10. ^ Reason for release for The Agent . In: Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry. Retrieved August 30, 2019.
  11. ↑ Not a classic agent film. Retrieved August 5, 2019 .
  12. ↑ http://www.taz.de/!5569004/
  13. ^ The Operative. In: boxofficemojo.com. Retrieved August 9, 2020.