Serenade for two spies
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | Serenade for two spies |
| Country of production | Germany Italy |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1965 |
| length | 87 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 16 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Michael Pflegehar |
| script | Michael Pflegehar |
| production | Hansjürgen Pohland |
| music | Francesco de Masi |
| camera | Ernst Wild |
| cut | Margot von Schlieffen |
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Serenade for two spies is a German spy movie spoof from 1965. Directed by Michael Pfleghar play Hellmut Lange , Heide Weis , Barbara Lass and Tony Kendall , the lead roles.
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An international gun smugglers gang in the USA stole the prototype of a laser rifle from a German laboratory. The FBI agent Cormoran is set to get the ultra-modern and very effective weapon back. But there are some signs that he has defected to the opponents. Since agent 007 is currently on another mission, the intelligence chief has to fall back on his second best man, the previous number 006.
And so the German secret agent John Krim is given the task of getting the rifle back into his hands, finding evidence of Cormoran's betrayal and ultimately eliminating his colleague. Krim's journey takes him across the ocean, and there he experiences hair-raising adventures in San Francisco, Los Angeles and Las Vegas. In the process, two women get in his way, with whom Krim cannot be at all sure whether he can trust them or whether they too are working for the other side.
Production notes
Serenade for Two Spies was filmed in Spain, Los Angeles , Las Vegas and San Francisco . The film passed the FSK test on August 12, 1965 and was shown nationwide on August 19, 1965. The buildings were designed by Peter Scharff .
Director Pflegehar uses every possible opportunity to demonstrate that he intended a wacky satire on the James Bond films for his second movie . He hardly leaves out a gimmick or even the most absurd idea: his Bond imitation 006, who regularly sleeps through the beds of the beautiful, has to do with a nuclear helicopter, a dynamite roll and exploding toilets. One of the two playmates is called, Goldfinger sends his regards, "Goldfeather", and Krim's quirk, the fear of flying, is expressed in the fact that he travels from Europe to the USA on water skiing. In Pflegehar's film, bicycles suddenly appear in the desert when needed, and an airplane "incorrectly parked" in front of the Horseshoe on the Las Vegas Strip is promptly given a penalty. The absurd highlights of the flick include a rock 'n' roll ballet and an extensive underwater exchange of fire.
Reviews
“With his second feature film, Michael Pflegehar (“ Die Tote von Beverly Hills ”) destroys the hope of being a renewer of German cinema. Pflegehar planned a parody of the James Bond films, but only managed to create a tense and pointless story. "
“Michael Pflegehar does not even try to hide what he is copying, no, he really likes it. 007 is mentioned several times by name that there is not another Connery likeness on the corner table, that's all. One of the pretty companions is called Goldfeather, and in San Francisco you can see a Bond hotel, and then the Goldfinger theme sounds so that Aunt Erna can also hear it in the last series of films. "
"Unsuccessful parody of agent films with many camera tricks, little joke and embarrassing home-made eroticism."
“Poor German imitation or parody of the James Bond films. Insignificant ideas only lead to boredom instead of the desired pleasure. Superfluous."
Individual evidence
- ^ Serenade for two spies. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .
- ↑ Evangelical Press Association, Munich, Review No. 318/1965
Web links
- Serenade for two spies in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Serenade for two spies at filmportal.de