Хороший шпионский фильм. Гарри Палмер теперь мой любимый шпион.
Снято очень здорово. Opening titles первоклассные.
Ещё бы, ими же занимался художник бондовских титров.
Сняла пару баллов из-за этих снежных войн в конце фильма. Забавно-абсурдно.
This was the third Harry Palmer film, after The Ipcress File and Funeral in Berlin.
Michael Caine had originally signed a five-picture deal, but when he was reluctant to return to the role, producer Harry Saltzman let him out of the contract.
Much later, though, he did make two more Harry Palmer films: Bullet to Beijing and Midnight in Saint Petersburg.
The movie contains several references to the work of director Sergei M. Eisenstein.
Most notably the ice battle scene from Alexander Nevsky, the red flag (seen flying over Riga, Eisenstein's birthplace) and the wounded nurse (the frozen Kaarna) from Battleship Potemkin.
The voice of the computer heard over the phone before the titles is Donald Sutherland. - я смотрю голоса Сазерлендов очень популярны!