The Spy Who Came in from the Cold (1965)
Directed by Martin Ritt
Recalled from Berlin, British agent Alec Leamas poses as a disgraced drunk in London so that East German intelligence will recruit him, via the Netherlands, and carry him back behind the Wall.
- Travel shown
- On foot, bike, skis or swimming
- Not shown on screen
- Fictional place
- 1West Berlin checkpoint≈ 00:01:00Checkpoint Charlie, BerlinStated on screen
Leamas watches his last agent shot at the crossing and is called home.
- 2Library and Leamas's flat≈ 00:10:00London, EnglandStated on screen
Leamas takes a library job, starts an affair with Nan and lands in jail, all as bait.
- 3Seaside house≈ 00:45:00NetherlandsStated on screen
An East German contact debriefs Leamas in the Netherlands.
- 4Country house≈ 01:00:00East GermanyStated on screen
- 5Secret tribunal≈ 01:20:00East GermanyInferred
- 6Berlin Wall≈ 01:45:00Berlin, GermanyStated on screen
The journey in numbers
- Distance travelled
- 2,756 km
- Places
- 5
- Countries
- 3
- Stops
- 6
- Not shown: 2,293 km
- Plane: 379 km
- Car: 84 km
Distances are measured in a straight line between stops, so real road distances are longer.
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