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Release Date:
28 October 1999 (UK) morePlot:
When British Intelligence Officer Tracy Barnes attacks visiting German politician Dieter Krause, solicitor's clerk Joshua Mantle is called to help unravel the events which led to the assault. | add synopsisAwards:
1 win moreUser Comments:
Cracking post-cold war thriller moreCast
(Credited cast)| John Thaw | ... | Joshua Mantle | |
| Zara Turner | ... | Tracy Barnes | |
| Mark Pegg | ... | Sgt Hanson | |
| Struan Rodger | ... | Albert Perkins | |
| Hartmut Becker | ... | Dieter Krause | |
| Colin Baker | ... | Giles Fleming | |
| Buffy Davis | ... | Olive Harris | |
| Johanna Lonsky | ... | Eva Krause | |
| Christoph Dostal | ... | Hans Becker | |
| Carl Duering | ... | Pastor Weiden | |
| Roland Schäfer | ... | Jorg Brandt | |
| Thomas Morris | ... | Willie Muller | |
| Michael Sarne | ... | General Pyotr Rykov | |
| Christien Anholt | ... | Ben Rogers | |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Ronni Ancona | ... | RMP Colonel (as Ronnie Ancona) | |
| Ingrid Appenroth | ... | Archive Official | |
| Stephen Ballantyne | ... | Julius Goldstein | |
| Felix Bresser | ... | Klaus Hoffmann | |
| Christopher Chilton | ... | Sentry | |
| Anette Felber | ... | Freda Brandt | |
| Joerg Fischer | ... | Russian Colonel | |
| Britta Gartner | ... | Hildegard Fielder | |
| Peter Grunig | ... | Fisherman 1 | |
| André Hennicke | ... | Gunther Peters | |
| Susanne Hoss | ... | Brigit Muller | |
| Paul Humpoletz | ... | Karl Gerber | |
| Alexei Jawdokimov | ... | Russian Interpreter | |
| Rashid Karapiet | ... | Mr Sohal | |
| Rüdiger Kuhlbrodt | ... | Walter Becker | |
| Wolfgang Kühne | ... | Ulf Fischer | |
| Victor Lindegrin | ... | Tank Commander | |
| Mac McDonald | ... | Larry Rendell | |
| Stuart Organ | ... | Major Perry Johnson | |
| Brenda Peters | ... | Mrs Adelaide Barnes | |
| Simon Shackleton | ... | Mr Protheroe | |
| James Smith | ... | Colonel Wishart | |
| Mark Tandy | ... | Peter Vansittart | |
| Renate Usko | ... | Anna Becker | |
| Karl-Heinz Volker | ... | Fisherman 2 | |
| Andreas Wisniewski | ... | Ernst Raub | |
| Daniel Wozniak | ... | Russian Driver | |
| Yuksel Yolcu | ... | Pension Owner | |
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148 min (2 parts)Country:
UKLanguage:
EnglishColor:
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StereoCertification:
UK:12 (VHS rating)Filming Locations:
Berlin, GermanyMOVIEmeter: 
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Cracking post cold war thriller set largely in former Eastern Germany. All of cast on top form, especially leads, Thaw and Turner. Climax is satisfying and has an unexpected sting in the tail. Ambivolence of intelligence services in post cold war era is well portrayed.