The Looking Glass War
From the John le Carré novel about a British spy who sends a Polish defector to East Germany to verify missile sites.
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"The film is part allegory on the WWII betrayal of Poland by the United States (under FDR) and Britain, which like the main character (now obscure cult icon) Christopher Jones is used and then abandoned. Not to spoil, I will just mention there is a nice one-liner quote from one of the character that touches on both main themes in one shot. (Have to now read the John le Carré novel to see if it's in there or from the screenwriting). The location migrates from Great Britain in the half to East Germany in the second. The main character Leiser (Christopher Jones) is a Pole who is recruited and..."
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A radio play of John le Carré's novel "The Looking Glass War" was produced and broadcast by Radio 4 in 2009, with Simon Russell Beale as George Smiley, Piotr Baumann as Leiser, Patrick Kennedy as Avery, and Ian McDiarmid as LeClerc. This radio play featured the George Smiley character, who had been dropped for this movie.
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From the John le Carré novel about a British spy who sends a Polish defector to East Germany to verify missile sites.