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The Little Drummer Girl (1984)

Thriller | 130 minutes
2,81 31 votes

Genre: Thriller

Duration: 130 minuten

Alternative title: De Lokvogel

Country: United States

Directed by: George Roy Hill

Stars: Diane Keaton, Yorgo Voyagis and Klaus Kinski

IMDb score: 6,1 (2.643)

Releasedate: 19 October 1984

The Little Drummer Girl plot

"She will become their most deadly weapon. As long as they can make her fall in love."

Naive American woman Charlie, a second-rate actress working in England, has pro-Palestinian sympathies, but in a fit of infatuation with an Israeli agent who seduces her, she is quickly persuaded to work as an agent for the Mossad. Her recruitment is like a stage audition and she learns her new role with skill. At the behest of the Israelis, she fakes an affair with a Palestinian revolutionary, wins the trust of the Palestinians, is trained in a Palestinian training camp, carries out an attack and penetrates the bed of the terrorist leader.

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A dull and stilted film adaptation of a John Le Carré book. A talented woman is recruited by the Mossad to capture a Palestinian terrorist. I also found this film difficult to follow. The casting was disappointing, and it never really got exciting. Klaus Kinski is always good, this time as a Mossad operations leader, but Keaton overacted a bit too much. The ending was the film's best feature. In a film like Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy and The Spy Who Came in From the Cold (urgently review!), you see how a Le Carré adaptation should be.

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mrklm

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Diane Keaton delivers one of her finest performances in this film adaptation of a John Le Carré novel. She plays an actress with pro-Palestinian sympathies who is persuaded by the Mossad, led by Martin Kurtz (Klaus Kisnki), to use her acting skills to unmask a Palestinian terrorist by posing as the girlfriend of his deceased brother.

Of course, the story is considerably more complex than this, but Loring Mandel adapted the book into a digestible script that might not appeal to Le Carré purists, but does provide room to further develop the characters and their relationships. A gripping thriller in which Keaton demonstrates she has more to offer than the mousy, neurotic character she continues to portray even in 2018.

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blurp194

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Where would you have us go Charlie? Maybe you would prefer us to take a piece of Central Africa or Uruguay? Not Egypt, thank you, we tried that once and it was not a success. Or back to the ghettos?

That's about the only moment in the film where I even felt like I was watching something. But otherwise, as Filmkriebel so aptly puts it, it's mostly uninteresting and stiff, and I found Kinski largely disappointing—and I certainly wasn't impressed by Keaton either.

I generally have a hard time with John le Carré adaptations, and this one is no exception. Even beyond the subject matter, the production feels a bit dated—not only are the performances wooden, but the visuals feel that way too.

Quickly forgotten. And I'll skip that series too.

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