The Spy Who Fell to Earth
- 2019
- 1h 34m
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6.6/10
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An ambitious historian unmasks the worlds greatest spy, setting in motion the very events that lead to the spy's mysterious death.An ambitious historian unmasks the worlds greatest spy, setting in motion the very events that lead to the spy's mysterious death.An ambitious historian unmasks the worlds greatest spy, setting in motion the very events that lead to the spy's mysterious death.
Henry Kissinger
- Self
- (archive footage)
Muammar Gaddafi
- Self
- (archive footage)
- (as Muammar Gadaffi)
Leonid Brezhnev
- Self
- (archive footage)
Nikita Khrushchev
- Self
- (archive footage)
Moshe Dayan
- Self
- (archive footage)
Anwar Sadat
- Self
- (archive footage)
Gamal Abdel Nasser
- Self
- (archive footage)
Hafez al-Assad
- Self
- (archive footage)
Ashraf Marwan
- Self
- (archive footage)
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It's clear that the author thinks he's all that, and he is by far the weakest part of the documentary. Also the info they chose to leave out in lieu of simply retelling the story over and over again, is strange. The editing was also strange and unnecessarily confusing.
The basic story is really fascinating, yet, this film is totally unconvincing. I was completely unimpressed with the rationale of Aaron Bergman.
1-am gonna say my opinion in simple way dear mr.Ahron Bregman why there is too much footage of you and your family in the documentary it is just about ashraf marwan .
2-the movie could end in 45 minutes maximum but you still keep rephrase same story from two sides egyptian and isreali and mainly was the Israeli side.
3- it is simple from my point of view we will never know if he was really double or not because you seek truth between bunch of pure liars and pure corruption.
and at last you did really good job but you just go in circles because there is too many variables in ashraf marwan story .
To be famous blinded Ahron Bregman who exposed Marwan. It is on him that Ashraf Marwan is dead. I hope he will not have a peaceful day the rest of his life.
Tells the story of Ashraf Marwan, a spy "unmasked" by British historian Ahron Bregman (or, perhaps, someone that Ahron Bregman feels he has unmasked -- with some help from Eli Zeira, the director of Israeli military intelligence during the Yom Kippur War).
The director, Tom Meadmore, makes a solid effort to tell both sides of the story and remain impartial -- leaving the 'double-agent' vs 'not double-agent' up to the viewer and should be commended for such, given the details of this particular case.
One could potentially argue that there could be some sort of reverse-bias in play, in that one tries to be so impartial that glaring inconsistencies or absurdities are downplayed in order to play up the 'mystery'.
The one "slip" (if you could call it that) would be the rather telling question that Tom Meadmore asks Mr. Bregman toward the very end of the documentary -- but it was something on my mind & probably for many other viewers by that point. I think it needed to be said.
Recommended, enjoyed it throughout.
The director, Tom Meadmore, makes a solid effort to tell both sides of the story and remain impartial -- leaving the 'double-agent' vs 'not double-agent' up to the viewer and should be commended for such, given the details of this particular case.
One could potentially argue that there could be some sort of reverse-bias in play, in that one tries to be so impartial that glaring inconsistencies or absurdities are downplayed in order to play up the 'mystery'.
The one "slip" (if you could call it that) would be the rather telling question that Tom Meadmore asks Mr. Bregman toward the very end of the documentary -- but it was something on my mind & probably for many other viewers by that point. I think it needed to be said.
Recommended, enjoyed it throughout.
Did you know
- Trivia"The Angel" Netflix film on the same subject
- Quotes
Himself - Interviewer: When recruiting a new agent, what are the risks to you, to the Mossad?
David Arbel: To the Mossad, first that he might be a double agent. Number two, he's a liar. And number three is that he can surrender you which is very dangerous.
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