Director: Anton Corbijn; Screenwriter: Andrew Bovell; Starring: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Rachel McAdams, Grigoriy Dobrygin, Willem Dafoe, Robin Wright, Daniel Brühl; Running time: 121 mins; Certificate: Tbc
The tragic loss of Philip Seymour Hoffman resonates through Anton Corbijn's challenging but ultimately rewarding thriller. He delivers a complex and fascinating performance that overpowers the movie's flaws and propels John le Carré's tale to a formidable conclusion.
The late actor's ability to inhabit a character (rather than simply play them) is embodied in his portrayal of Hamburg-based anti-terrorist agent Gunter Bachmann, a man under intense pressure to find out whether battered and bedraggled 26-year-old immigrant Issa Karpov (Grigoriy Dobrygin) is a militant jihadist or an innocent victim of brutality. The stakes are very high given that Mohammed Atta used the German port city to plot his horrific 9/11 attacks.
Hoffman takes you under Gunther's sweaty, nicotine-stained skin to reveal a man governed by...
The tragic loss of Philip Seymour Hoffman resonates through Anton Corbijn's challenging but ultimately rewarding thriller. He delivers a complex and fascinating performance that overpowers the movie's flaws and propels John le Carré's tale to a formidable conclusion.
The late actor's ability to inhabit a character (rather than simply play them) is embodied in his portrayal of Hamburg-based anti-terrorist agent Gunter Bachmann, a man under intense pressure to find out whether battered and bedraggled 26-year-old immigrant Issa Karpov (Grigoriy Dobrygin) is a militant jihadist or an innocent victim of brutality. The stakes are very high given that Mohammed Atta used the German port city to plot his horrific 9/11 attacks.
Hoffman takes you under Gunther's sweaty, nicotine-stained skin to reveal a man governed by...
- 6/26/2014
- Digital Spy
Stars from the British sitcom 'Allo 'Allo are to reunite at the Spring Memorabilia Show at the NEC this weekend (March 26 to 27).
Cast members from the series, which aired on BBC1 from 1982 to 1992, will be at the event on both days to host panels, meet fans, sign autographs and pose for photographs.
Conceived as a parody of wartime drama Secret Army, the classic comedy took place in a French town occupied by the Germans during World War 2 - complete with a cast of Resistance agents, incompetent Nazis, bemused Raf airmen, buxom French beauties and a linguistically-challenged British spy.
Those attending the convention include Guy Siner (who played effete panzer commander Lieutenant Hubert Gruber), Richard Gibson (dastardly Gestapo officer Herr Otto Flick), Arthur Bostrom (Rugby's vowel-mangling spy Officer Crabtree), Kirsten Cooke (local resistance leader Michelle Dubois), Kim Hartman (Herr Flick's love interest Private Helga Geerhart), John D Collins (downed Raf airman...
Cast members from the series, which aired on BBC1 from 1982 to 1992, will be at the event on both days to host panels, meet fans, sign autographs and pose for photographs.
Conceived as a parody of wartime drama Secret Army, the classic comedy took place in a French town occupied by the Germans during World War 2 - complete with a cast of Resistance agents, incompetent Nazis, bemused Raf airmen, buxom French beauties and a linguistically-challenged British spy.
Those attending the convention include Guy Siner (who played effete panzer commander Lieutenant Hubert Gruber), Richard Gibson (dastardly Gestapo officer Herr Otto Flick), Arthur Bostrom (Rugby's vowel-mangling spy Officer Crabtree), Kirsten Cooke (local resistance leader Michelle Dubois), Kim Hartman (Herr Flick's love interest Private Helga Geerhart), John D Collins (downed Raf airman...
- 3/23/2011
- by David Bentley
- The Geek Files
So, let's clear this up. Arthur Bostrom played the legendary comedy character Officer Crabtree in BBC sitcom 'Allo 'Allo. Now for the confusing part. We had an English actor playing an English agent acting undercover in France. However, he has a poor grasp of French, so often gets his words mixed up in the most unfortunate manner. However, as this is an English TV show, he is speaking in English... but with a French accent. Confusing? Yes. Hilarious comic gold? Without question. Bostrom may not have the most glorious acting CV we've ever seen, but very few men could have made such (more)...
- 7/30/2010
- by By Alex Fletcher
- Digital Spy
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