The Looking Glass War (film)

The Looking Glass War
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Frank Pierson
Produced by	John Box (producer) M.J. Frankovich (executive producer) William Kirby (associate producer)
Written by	John le Carré (novel The Looking Glass War) Frank Pierson
Starring	Christopher Jones Pia Degermark Ralph Richardson
Music by	Angela Morley
Cinematography	Austin Dempster
Edited by	Willy Kemplen
Release dates	1969
Running time	108 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English German

The Looking Glass War is a 1969 British film directed by Frank Pierson based on the 1965 novel by John le Carre.

Plot summary

Polish defector Leiser (Christopher Jones) is offered by MI6 a chance at UK citizenship if he agrees to undertake a mission into East Germany. (This to replace an already murdered MI6 agent.) The mission, (To gather photographic intelligence on a covert East German rocket system in violation of international agreements.) begins to go wrong from the start when, having arrived in East Germany, he's forced to murder a lorry driver for rejecting his homosexual advances. Leiser's objective is further undermined when he falls in love with an East German woman looking for a way out of the country.

Cast

Christopher Jones as Leiser
Pia Degermark as The Girl
Ralph Richardson as LeClerc
Paul Rogers as Haldane
Anthony Hopkins as John Avery
Susan George as Susan
Ray McAnally as Undersecretary of State
Robert Urquhart as Johnson
Anna Massey as Avery's Wife
Vivian Pickles as Mrs. King
Maxine Audley as Mrs. LeClerc
Cyril Shaps as East German Detective
Michael Robbins as Truck Driver
Timothy West as Taylor
Frederick Jaeger as The Pilot
Peter Swanwick as Finnish Policeman
Paul Maxwell as CIA Man
Guy Deghy as Fritsche
Ernest Walder as Radio Engineer
Patrick Wright as East German Policeman (VoPo)
Sylva Langova as East German Woman
David Scheur as Russian Officer
Allan McClelland as Doctor
Angela Down as Chelsea Girl
Robert Wilde as English Policeman
Nicholas Stewart as German Boy
Linda Hedger as Taylor's Child
Russell Lewis as Avery's Child

External links

The Looking Glass War at the Internet Movie Database

Films directed by Frank Pierson

The Looking Glass War (1969) A Star Is Born (1976) King of the Gypsies (1978) Somebody has to Shoot the Picture (1990) Citizen Cohn (1992) Lakota Woman: Siege at Wounded Knee (1994) Truman (1995) Dirty Pictures (2000) Conspiracy (2001) Soldier's Girl (2003)

Works by John le Carré

Novels	Call for the Dead (1961) A Murder of Quality (1962) The Spy Who Came in from the Cold (1963) The Looking Glass War (1965) A Small Town in Germany (1968) The Naïve and Sentimental Lover (1971) Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (1974) The Honourable Schoolboy (1977) Smiley's People (1979) The Little Drummer Girl (1983) A Perfect Spy (1986) The Russia House (1989) The Secret Pilgrim (1990) The Night Manager (1993) Our Game (1995) The Tailor of Panama (1996) Single & Single (1999) The Constant Gardener (2001) Absolute Friends (2003) The Mission Song (2006) A Most Wanted Man (2008) Our Kind of Traitor (2010) A Delicate Truth (2013)

Films	The Spy Who Came in from the Cold (1965) The Deadly Affair (1966) The Looking Glass War (1969) The Little Drummer Girl (1984) The Russia House (1990) The Tailor of Panama (2001) The Constant Gardener (2005) Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011) A Most Wanted Man (2014) Our Kind of Traitor (2016)

Television	Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (1979) Smiley's People (1982) A Perfect Spy (1987) A Murder of Quality (1991) The Night Manager (2016)

Characters	Control Toby Esterhase Peter Guillam Bill Haydon Karla Jim Prideaux Connie Sachs George Smiley Ricki Tarr Gerald Westerby

Miscellaneous	Moscow Centre Constant Gardener Trust The Incongruous Spy Smiley Versus Karla

Book Category

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