Staatsauftrag: Mord (1994)

Staatsauftrag: Mord: Directed by Eric Rochant. With Yvan Attal, Richard Masur, Allen Garfield, Yossi Banai. At 18, Ariel Brenner leaves Paris and his family to live in Israel. He secretly joins the Mossad, the Isreali secret service. After years of training, his first mission is in Paris to steal secrets from Remy Prieur, a French atomic scientist… We will assist to the methods, the manipulations, the abuses, the machiavellism, the doubts of secret agents.

“This excellent thriller and character study of a young Israeli spy was produced in 1993-4. It plays as well as any memorable films of the same milieu, e.g. u0026quot;Three Days of the Condoru0026quot;, u0026quot;The Companyu0026quot;, u0026quot;Bourneu0026quot;, u0026quot;Marathon Manu0026quot;, etc. That is pretty lofty company. I refuse to give away the plot but know that for two hours it will take you on a thrilling mystery ride. The casting and directing compliment a terrific script. Shot in Paris, Tel Aviv, Washington, D.C. and New York City it moves along without the gimmicks (CGI) or insane editing and music that so many films depend on today. Finally, the international cast of French, American and Israeli actors are in perfect harmony. Always good to see Alan Garfield in anything..”