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The Secret Agent
Sign in to saveAlso known as Secret Agent, Joseph Conrad's The Secret Agent
1996 film by Christopher Hampton
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Within Vinony's link graph, The Secret Agent is referenced by 129 other articles, and connects out to Variety, Alfred Hitchcock and Robin Williams.
Vinony files it under 1990s historical films, 1996 British films and 1996 drama films.
Its subject is documented across 16 Wikipedia language editions.
Film · TMDB
5.6In 1880s London, pornographic bookseller Verloc is a double agent for the Russian government, providing information to Chief Inspector Heat about a lazy anarchist organization. In order for the anarchists to be arrested, an act of terrorism must occur. So Verloc decides to set up bombs – which leads to tragedy – not only for himself but also for his family, including wife Winnie and brother-in-law, Stevie.
Cast
- Bob Hoskins as Verloc
- Patricia Arquette as Winnie
- Jim Broadbent as Chief Inspector Heat
- Christian Bale as Stevie
- Gérard Depardieu as Ossipon
- Eddie Izzard as Vladimir
Themes
- mentally disabled
- bomb
- wife
- brother-in-law
- police inspector
- greenwich london
- older husband
- shop owner
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- drama film
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom
- Original language
- English language
- Based on
- The Secret Agent
- Main subject
- terrorism
- Director
- Christopher Hampton
- Screenwriter
- Christopher Hampton
- Cast member
- Julian Wadham
- Composer
- Philip Glass
- Production company
- 20th Century Studios
- Cinematographer
- Denis Lenoir
- Narrative location
- London
- Duration
- 96
- FilmAffinity ID
- 703294
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 1996-01-01
- title
- The Secret Agent
- distributed by
- Netflix
- review score
- 5.4/10
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best International Feature Film
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