The Berlin File (2013) on Netflix
A North Korean agent in Berlin barely survives an ambushed arms deal. Hunted by South Korean intelligence and by his own side, Pyo Jong-seong wants to know who set him up.
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Plot summary
Pyo Jong-seong works for the North in Berlin, an agent whose name appears in no intelligence file. A weapons deal he is handling in a hotel goes wrong when unknown assailants break it up, and he escapes, finding conflicting evidence about why he was set up. Jung Jin-soo, a South Korean intelligence agent, investigates the failed deal and tries to identify the man at its center, unsure whether he is working for the other side or being sacrificed by his own. The failed sale draws in American and Israeli intelligence and terrorist networks as well as the two Koreas. Pyo's wife, Ryun Jung-hee, is a translator at the North Korean embassy, and Pyongyang sends Dong Myung-soo to look into the loyalties there.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about The Berlin File (2013)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- While preparing The Berlin File, director Ryoo Seung-wan met North Korean defectors and shot the documentary Spies for Korean broadcaster MBC, part of a special series that aired in 2011, as research for his espionage film.
- A scene in which Ha Jung-woo's character gobbles a baguette was cut from the final edit, and director Ryoo Seung-wan promised to make the footage public if the film passed 3 million admissions; the clip was released on February 7.
