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Her most famous roles were in anna karenina and camille. A 100 years ago, mata hari faced the firing squad as a convicted german spy. Garbo, the spy, which begins with a series of outtakes from films ranging from world war ii military documentaries to dramas made by both hollywood and pinewood, will immediately have you wondering what kind of movie you are being taught to watch. The spaniards name was juan pujo garcia, but he is more commonly known as garbo. Without extensive footage of pujol himself, who died in 1988, or of espionage activity generally, roch mixes discussion by five experts on the garbo case with footage from a series of world war iiera spy and military films such as mata hari, our man in havana, and patton. The spy profiles the enigmatic counterspy spaniard juan pujol garcia, the only person to have been decorated by both the allies and the. Greta garbo, the secret matahari greta garbo was an enigma. Purchase mata hari on digital and stream instantly or download offline. He is the selfmade spy, movieperfect, who finishes clean. Garbo was the man who inspired graham greenes our man in havana, a man who appeared to become a spy mostly out of a sense of opportunism than any idea. Garbo the spy, a new documentary from novice director edmon roch, tells the tale of one of the allies secret weapons in world war ii, juan pujol garcia. So excellent that i bought dvds of the movie and the sound. War, and by spanish film makers as the spy who saved the world.
On the stage that is life he made his unique contribution to the good of mankind. The spy 2009 starring rupert allason and jose antonio escoriza on dvd and bluray. There were 4 other movies released on the same date, including the twilight saga. Garbo the spy tells the true tale of the allies secret. The spy profiles the enigmatic counterspy spaniard juan pujol garcia, the only person to have been decorated by both the allies and the axis for service during the second world war.
First he tries to get enlisted by the british, then the nazis and again with the allies, who inexplicably decide to entrust him with a series of missions under the code name garbo. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing garbo. Rare to see a film with all the elements so satisfyingly employed. Garbo had been a freelance spy in spain, feeding nonsense he had got out of travel books to his gullible abwehr handlers. Breaking dawn part 1, happy feet two and tyrannosaur.
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