Funeral in Berlin (film)
Funeral in Berlin is a 1966 British spy film directed by Guy Hamilton and based on the novel of the same name by Len Deighton. It is the second of three 1960s films starring Michael Caine as the character Harry Palmer, that followed the characters from the initial film, The Ipcress File 1965. The third film was Billion Dollar Brain 1967.
Berlin in the 1960s is a city divided between Cold War lines with inhabitants of the Communist East trying to escape to the West. Even with the Berlin Wall these escapes are common and successful.Colonel Stok Oskar Homolka, the head of intelligence in the Soviet Unions Berlin section and the one responsible for preventing escapes over the Wall, contacts British Intelligence and informs them that he wants to defect to the West. Secret agent Harry Palmer Michael Caine is sent to West Berlin to find out if Stoks offer is genuine and arrange his escape. Palmer was once involved in black market dealings in Berlin and was given the choice of joining British Intelligence or going to jail. Returning to the city, he is reunited with his old associate, German national Johnny Vulkan Paul Hubschmid, who also works for Palmers superior Colonel Ross Guy Doleman. ........
Source: Wikipedia
