The Spy Who Came in from the Cold (#452) (Criterion Collection)[USA]

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The acclaimed, best-selling novel by John le Carré (The Tailor of Panama), about a Cold War spy on one final dangerous mission in East Germany, is transmuted by director Martin Ritt (Hud) into a film every bit as precise and ruthless as the book. Richard Burton (Becket) is superb as Alec Leamas, whose relationship with a beautiful librarian, played by Claire Bloom (Richard III), puts his assignment in jeopardy. The Spy Who Came in from the Cold is a hard-edged and tragic thriller, suffused with the political and social consciousness that defined Ritt’s career.

Product Details
Actors: Richard Burton, Claire Bloom, Oskar Werner
Directors: Martin Ritt
Format: Black & White, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Language: English
Subtitles: English
Number of discs: 1
Rated: Unrated
Release Date: September 10, 2013
Run Time: 112 minutes

Special Features

1. High-definition digital film restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack
2. Exclusive, wide-ranging interview with author John le Carré
3. Selected-scene commentary featuring director of photography Oswald Morris
4. The Secret Centre: John le Carré, a 2000 BBC documentary on the author’s life and work
5. Interview with actor Richard Burton from a 1967 episode of the BBC series Acting in the ’60s, conducted by critic Kenneth Tynan
6. Audio conversation from 1985 between director Martin Ritt and film historian Patrick McGilligan
7. Gallery of set designs
8. Trailer
9. PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by critic Michael Sragow

 

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