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The Quiller Memorandum

- He played the most dangerous game in Europe, and he played it alone.

After two British Secret Intelligence Service agents are murdered at the hands of a cryptic neo-Nazi group known as Phoenix, the suave agent Quiller is sent to Berlin to investigate.

Release Date : 1966-11-10

Language :EnglishGerman

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : The Rank OrganisationIvan Foxwell Productions

Production Country : United Kingdom

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Character Name : Quiller

Original Name : George Segal

Gender : Male

Character Name : Pol

Original Name : Alec Guinness

Gender : Male

Character Name : Oktober

Original Name : Max von Sydow

Gender : Male

Character Name : Inge Lindt

Original Name : Senta Berger

Gender : Female

Character Name : Gibbs

Original Name : George Sanders

Gender : Male

Character Name : Weng

Original Name : Robert Helpmann

Gender : Male

Character Name : Rushington

Original Name : Robert Flemyng

Gender : Male

Character Name : Hengel

Original Name : Peter Carsten

Gender : Male

Character Name : Grauber

Original Name : Ernst Walder

Gender : Male

Character Name : Headmistress

Original Name : Edith Schneider

Gender : Female

Character Name : Oktober's Man

Original Name : Philip Madoc

Gender : Male

Character Name : Oktobers Gefolgsmann

Original Name : Herbert Fux

Gender : Male

Character Name : Kenneth Lindsay Jones

Original Name : Herbert Stass

Gender : Male

Character Name : Hassler

Original Name : Günter Meisner

Gender : Male

Character Name : Oktober's Man

Original Name : John Rees

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mr. 'F' (Uncredited)

Original Name : Bernard Barnsley

Gender : Male

Character Name : Weiss (Uncredited)

Original Name : Victor Beaumont

Gender : Male

Character Name : Waiter (Uncredited)

Original Name : Otto Friese

Gender : Male

Character Name : Doctor Loewe (Uncredited)

Original Name : Paul Hansard

Gender : Male

Character Name : Night Porter (Uncredited)

Original Name : Philo Hauser

Gender : Male

Character Name : Pupil with Inge (Uncredited)

Original Name : John Moulder-Brown

Gender : Male

Character Name : Barman (Uncredited)

Original Name : Hans Schwarz Jr.

Gender : Male

Character Name : Hughes (Uncredited)

Original Name : Claus Tinney

Gender : Male

Reviews

John Chard

@John Chard

2024-05-16

Oktober, and the trees are stripped bare. The Quiller Memorandum is directed by Michael Anderson and adapted to screenplay by Harold Pinter from the novel "The Berlin Memorandum" written by Elleston Trevor. It stars George Segal, Alec Guinness, Max von Sydow and Senta Berger. Music is by John Barry and cinematography by Erwin Hillier. There's no frills and graces about The Quiller Memorandum, it follows a straight spy drama narrative that pitches Segal (excellently cool) into Berlin to unearth the location of some Neo-Nazis. He gets involved with the sensual Berger whilst battling his wits with an insidious Sydow. Location photography is pleasing, as is the swirly score, but even though there's a nice ambiguity to the finale, there's a feeling of disappointment that actually not a great deal has happened in over an hour and half of film. Not dull exactly, and in fact there's enough interest to, well, hold the interest, but for every leanly written passage of play there also comes a yearning to have some espionage pizazz to thrill the senses. 6/10

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2024-09-02

Unfortunately, time hasn't been very kind to this rather stilted cold war thriller. When two British agents are found dead in Berlin, it falls to "Quiller" (George Segal) to track down the elusive "Oktober" (Max von Sydow) before he gets his own comeuppance. The cat and mouse game is actually quite well executed - both sides desparate to find the location of the other's secret headquarters, and to establish whom is working for their enemies, but sadly Michael Anderson just can't quite elevate the film above a rather statically paced affair. Segal is efficient, but hardly charismatic and even Alec Guinness and the usually dependable George Sanders don't really inject much of a sense of menace. Too much of the jeopardy is just a little too contrived, and though it is does move along well enough, its just a little too hollow with nowhere near enough action to have it stand out. John Barry provided the score and the theme song "Wednesday's Child" (with Mack David), but there is little else here for us to remember.