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MPAA Rating: PG Content Advisory: Adult Situations, Questionable for Children, Adult Language Movie Release: 1969 DVD Release: 12/09/2003 Format: DVD - Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV - Closed Captioned Edition: Restored/Remastered Audio Tracks: English Subtitles: English, Japanese, Korean, Spanish SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 47 mins Studio: Columbia TriStar Members Wishing: 1 Genres: Spy Film, Political Thriller, Unglamorized Spy Film

In this Cold War espionage-thriller, adapted from the novel of John Le Carré, two veteran British intelligence operatives, Leclerc (Ralph Richardson) and Haldane (Paul Rogers), recruit a young Polish defector (Christopher Jones) to check on some missiles in East Germany. Avery (Anthony Hopkins) is the British agent assigned to help him to cross the East German border. Once behind the Iron Curtain, the recruit meets a sympathetic German girl (Pia Degermark) who tries to help him to evade the East German secret police and to complete his assignment. ~ Yuri German, All Movie Guide

Christopher Jones - Leiser
Pia Degermark - The Girl
Ralph Richardson - LeClerc
Paul Rogers - Haldane
Anthony Hopkins - Avery
Susan George - Susan
Robert Urquhart - Johnson

Frank Pierson's big-screen adaptation of John Le Carré's espionage novel -The Looking Glass War comes to DVD with a widescreen transfer that preserves the original theatrical aspect ratio of 2.35:1. The film has certainly never looked better on home video. The English soundtrack is rendered in Dolby Digital Stereo. This disc is highly recommended to any fan of Le Carre's unique style and to fans of Anthony Hopkins, who portrays the secret agent who must smuggle a Polish defector into Communist-controlled Germany. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide