The Little Drummer Girl (1984)
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.
Actors and actresses
Charlie
Joseph
Martin Kurtz
Khalil
Litvak
Ned Quilley
Chairlady
Al
Young Man
Diana
Reviews & comments
Filmkriebel
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- 9987 messages
- 4665 votes
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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- 11500 messages
- 9971 votes
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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- 5523 messages
- 4212 votes
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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