Basics in Berlin

The Quiller Memorandum (1966)

Directed by Michael Anderson this film based on the novel “The Berlin Memorandum” stars George Segal, Alec Guinness, Max von Sydow and Senta Berger. Following the death of a British spy in Berlin an agent called Quiller goes on the hunt for neo-Nazis.

The plot of this film is fairly simple but does conjure up an element of paranoia with the protagonist left not really sure who may or may not be a Nazi hiding in plain sight. Given that the script is from Harold Pinter I was expecting something a little more interesting but it is enough to get by. Some of the direction does a good job of creating tense atmospheres but again it's building from bland foundations at times.

3/5