A Dandy in Aspic (1968)

Directed by

Laurence Harvey, Anthony Mann

Genre

spy film

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

1h 47m

Rated

R

Rating

6.9 of 10 from 27 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A British double agent known as Eberlin works for intelligence during the Cold War. He is ordered to hunt down a Soviet spy who is actually himself.

tensecoldatmosphericmelancholicsuspensefulstylishbleakslow-burn

What happens

A Dandy in Aspic is a 1968 British spy film directed by Anthony Mann and starring Laurence Harvey, Tom Courtenay and Mia Farrow, with costumes by Pierre Cardin. It was written by Derek Marlowe based on his 1966 novel of the same title. It was filmed in Technicolor and Panavision and was Mann's final film. Set against the backdrop of 1960s Cold War Europe, it is the story of a spy known to his superiors in British Intelligence by his code name "Eberlin". (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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