Enigma (1982)
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German title | Enigma |
Original title | Enigma |
Country of production | Great Britain France |
original language | English |
Publishing year | 1982 |
length | 122 minutes |
Age rating | FSK 12 |
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Director | Jeannot Szwarc |
script | John Briley |
production | André Parchment Peter Shaw |
music |
Douglas Gamley Marc Wilkinson |
camera | Jean-Louis Picavet |
cut | Peter Culverwell Peter Weatherley |
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Enigma is a 1982 film based on the novel Enigma Sacrifice by Michael Barak ( pseudonym of Israeli author Michael Bar-Zohar ). The action takes place during the Cold War , it is about the procurement of secret material from East Berlin . The film has little to do with the Enigma encryption machine from WWII . The film was shot in Lille , Paris and Strasbourg in France.
action
Five Russian opponents of the regime are said to be murdered by the KGB abroad. Since the US does not know who it is, the former defector and journalist Alex Holbeck is recruited by the CIA and sent to Berlin to steal a module of the decryption machine from the GDR so that the US can save the dissidents. Corresponding encryption machines are used in the film in the Soviet embassy , in a special MiG fighter plane and in the House of Friendship of the Society for German-Soviet Friendship . The KGB and the Ministry of State Security have already been informed about the deployment of the CIA agent and are trying to set a trap for him. Together with a helper, Holbeck stages a fire in the House of Friendship, steals the module from the encryption machine there and inserts a copy. When escaping, he is first checked, but can then flee. The security organs were primarily deployed at the air force base and were bound by a military parade. After the module was stolen, the KGB exposed his former friend Karen as an assistant and arrested her. After that, she is detained in a military hospital. Holbeck manages to free Karen from the hospital.
Reviews
VideoWoche writes: “The British-French espionage thriller from the end of the Cold War uses the narrative patterns of the genre that have been known since James Bond 007 - Greetings from Moscow (007 is provided by the Lector decoding machine from Istanbul). The GDR, depicted as an eerie state, is more of a play material politically. Stars like Martin Sheen, Brigitte Fossey and Sam Neill as KGB men do their job routinely. "
See also
- Enigma - The Secret Movie from 2001
Web links
- Enigma in the Internet Movie Database (English)