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Intrigo: Death of an Author

  • 2018
  • R
  • 1h 46m
IMDb RATING
5.9/10
2.2K
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Ben Kingsley, Benno Fürmann, and Tuva Novotny in Intrigo: Death of an Author (2018)
After an author named David plots the seemingly accidental murder of his wife, her body is never recovered, and he's convinced that she's still alive. Meanwhile, as David translates the final novel by a writer who also died mysteriously, he finds himself attracted to the man's sultry widow. Fact or fiction, life or death ... in this tale, nothing is certain.
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  • Director
    • Daniel Alfredson
  • Writers
    • Håkan Nesser
    • Daniel Alfredson
    • Birgitta Bongenhielm
  • Stars
    • Ben Kingsley
    • Benno Fürmann
    • Tuva Novotny
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    5.9/10
    2.2K
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    • Director
      • Daniel Alfredson
    • Writers
      • Håkan Nesser
      • Daniel Alfredson
      • Birgitta Bongenhielm
    • Stars
      • Ben Kingsley
      • Benno Fürmann
      • Tuva Novotny
    • 20User reviews
    • 24Critic reviews
    • 45Metascore
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    Ben Kingsley
    Ben Kingsley
    • Henderson
    Benno Fürmann
    Benno Fürmann
    • David Schwarz
    Tuva Novotny
    Tuva Novotny
    • Eva Schwarz
    Michael Byrne
    Michael Byrne
    • Keller
    Veronica Ferres
    Veronica Ferres
    • Judith Kerr
    Daniela Lavender Kingsley
    Daniela Lavender Kingsley
    • Mariam Kadhar
    • (as Daniela Lavender)
    Tor Clark
    Tor Clark
    • Doris
    David Lowe
    David Lowe
    • Edgar Looft
    Jason Riddington
    • Otto Gerlach
    Sandra Dickinson
    Sandra Dickinson
    • Madame H
    Angus Kennedy
    Angus Kennedy
    • Chief Insp Mort
    Annamaria Serda
    Annamaria Serda
    • Agent
    • (as Anamaria Serda)
    Elizabeth Counsell
    Elizabeth Counsell
    • Frau Bloeme
    Clarence Smith
    Clarence Smith
    • Prosecutor
    Ed Cooper Clarke
    Ed Cooper Clarke
    • Thomas Neuman-Hansen
    Sian Webber
    • Judge
    Chris Crema
    Chris Crema
    • Ansgar
    • (as Christopher Crema)
    Petar Cirica
    • Newspaper Salesman
    • (as Peter Cirica)
    • Director
      • Daniel Alfredson
    • Writers
      • Håkan Nesser
      • Daniel Alfredson
      • Birgitta Bongenhielm
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    4abisio

    Too slow for its own good.

    A translator visits a solitary writer and start telling a story about his attempt to kill his wife when she told him was leaving with another man. The story seem entangled with the last manuscript of missing writer he was translating. In any case, the story unfolds quite slow; Benno Fürmann is not particularly charismatic and Ben Kingsley's is basically an cynical egomaniac so there is no much to root for. The ending is interesting but to be there you have to wait over 90 minutes of a catatonic tale. Perhaps there are people who love these slow burn thrillers but I did not find any suspense or interest in the characters at all. Considering this is the director of original Girl with the Dragoon Tattoo I hope the next installments will be better.
    6rheaton-94697

    Just relax and enjoy.

    A little slow paced but enough twists to maintain your interest. I actually liked the Benno character. Cool calm and collected. The ending could have been a bit more powerful. But at least it had an ending unlike so many of the schlock stories that are put on film these days. Worth a look.
    3stevojaxon

    ... tiresome, tedious and annoying ....

    I think the actor's knew they were going to be paid regardless of how the movie turned out. So they did their best. To me, I never forgot that I was watching Ben Kingsley, so what happened to his character? Actually, why was his character even there? This movie started out with an intriguing premise, melded into some totally unbelievable ideas and got lost when it drove on the wrong side of the road, so to speak. If the intention was to make it all unclear and confusing then it deserves applause; but methinks someone watched Alfred Hitchcock and thought to themselves, "I can do that". I'll just make it original with some German accents and blue eyed chosen people. I will forget this one soon.
    6pkdyer1965

    The Book of Confusion?

    Missing Wife, Dead Author's book translation, poor Ben Kingsley having to listen to it all and the viewer thinking what the hell is going on. Don't get me wrong it's not a bad watch there was some intriguing moments that kept you guessing. Most of it is in english except when David talks to his publisher they talk in german no subtitles. Its more of a afternoon matinee film than anything else.
    6boblipton

    Life Is What You Can Get Away With

    Benno Fürmann goes to visit Ben Kingsley on his private island. He wants Kinglsley's advice on his novel, about a man who discovers his wife is pregnant by her unknown lover, and is about to leave him. So he kills her, and seems to get away with it... until he hears her laugh over the radio at a symphony concert.

    It's the first of three movies, all called Intrigo: Something or other, based on the stories of Håkan Nesser,, each intended to illustrate some concept. I found them to be mildly distressing in the same way that I find most Scandinavian movies: a sterile, bleak world of no moral values. There are intriguing plot twists, and the camerawork by Pawel Edelman is quite lovely, thanks to some beautiful landscapes in what used to be Yugoslavia when I was young and dinosaurs roamed the earth.

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    • Trivia
      This movie, Intrigo: Dear Agnes (2019) and Intrigo: Samaria (2019) comprise an anthology trilogy. As an anthology, the trilogy is tied together by story themes - hate, revenge and nemesis - rather than by characters. The only characters common to all three movies are the not seen opening narrator, portrayed by Karen Archer, who speaks about those themes, and Doris, portrayed by Tor Clark, a server at the titular "Intrigo", a café in the fictional town of Maardam where many of the characters meet. Michael Byrne portrays Keller in both "Author" and "Samaria", Ed Cooper Clarke portrays Thomas Neuman(n)-Hansen in both "Author" and "Agnes", and Cal MacAninch portrays Erich Neuman(n)-Hansen in both "Agnes" and "Samaria", and one can only assume, although it is not implicitly stated, that in all three cases the actor is indeed playing the same character in both movies. In addition, the assumed name of the translator in "Author" and the ad copywriter in "Samaria" are both Henry Martens.
    • Goofs
      Eva's daughter as she appears in the movie is much older than three years old.
    • Quotes

      [first lines]

      Opening Narrator: The people of the world are more or less the same. Thought we may come in different shapes and colors, we all share the same inheritance, and we all have our back stories, and our secrets. Like this man, let's call him Henry, trying to find his way on a remote Greek island.

      Opening Narrator: Even though evolution might seem to mature us, there are still parts of our brain that belong to our reptile ancestors. Although we've convinced ourselves that hate, revenge and nemesis belong to the past, our ancient ancestors' blood still runs in our veins... whether we like it or not.

    • Soundtracks
      Arabesque No. 1
      Composed by Claude Debussy

      Published by Koka Media

      Record label: Koka Classical

      [The piano piece David is listening to playing on the turntable]

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    • Release date
      • January 17, 2020 (United States)
    • Countries of origin
      • Germany
      • Sweden
      • United Kingdom
    • Languages
      • English
      • German
    • Also known as
      • Death of an Author
    • Filming locations
      • Belgrade, Serbia
    • Production companies
      • Enderby Entertainment
      • Intrigo pictures
      • The Amazing Film Company
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    • Runtime
      • 1h 46m(106 min)
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    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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