Rent Spies of Warsaw (2013)
3.5 of 5 from 65 ratings
2h 57min
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- Synopsis:
Warsaw, 1937. With the Nazi war machine ready to roll, the city is teeming with German, Russian and Western spies. In dark corners and shadowy streets - nations not yet officially at war, engage in a bitter battle of intrigue, betrayal and abduction. Colonel Jean-Francois Mercier, a decorated war hero, is the military attache to the French Embassy in Warsaw. Playing the role of charming ambassador, Mercier finds himself becoming infatuated with Anna, a Parisian lawyer for the League of Nations, but he also has a secret role - as a daring spy determined to discover Germany's plan for invasion. As war creeps ever nearer, Mercier's leads take him on a suspense-filled journey deep into Germany and to the heart of the Nazi operation. While, back in Warsaw, the chaos is all embracing - and his passionate affair with Anna is taking its own devastating course... - Actors:
- Marcin Dorocinski, Miroslaw Zbrojewicz, Piotr Baumann, Ellie Haddington, Radoslaw Kaim, Burn Gorman, Linda Bassett, Allan Corduner, Anton Lesser, David Tennant, Janet Montgomery, Richard Lintern, Julian Glover, Fenella Woolgar, Tuppence Middleton, Jan Pohl, Alan Corduner, Tusse Silberg
- Directors:
- Coky Giedroyc, Weronika Migon, Kiaran Murray-Smith
- Producers:
- Piotr Derewnda, Richard Fell, Dariusz Jablonski
- Writers:
- Dick Clement, Ian La Frenais, Alan Furst
- Studio:
- BBC
- Genres:
- Action & Adventure, Drama, TV Action & Adventure, TV Dramas
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Interesting and Absorbing Aspect of WWII - Spies of Warsaw review by CV
This is a very absorbing, love-interest notwithstanding, film that covers the months before the invasion of Poland at the beginning of WW II. Diplomatists and spies are trying to anticipate what move Germany is going to make to initiate a second European war and trying to decide what information they are receiving is reliable or convincing. There is a continuous thread of tension with minimal overtly violent scenes. It is also visually scenic in that there are a variety of locations and sunny settings despite the main setting being the streets of Warsaw. I wonder if viewers may find David Tennant maybe a little too self-assured in the role of the French army officer.
Incidentally, by coincidence, I happened to watch the day after the film 'The King's Choice' which is an account of how Norway was brought into the war in 1941 which involved an ultimatum put to the then king of Norway by a German envoy to co-operate with the Nazis on the pretext that Britain had plans to invade! If you are interested in this general War theme of diplomacy and espionage you could watch this next.
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