) Richard Burton's character Leamas is alcoholic, irritable, and cynical. Why does he do this? Because as a double agent, he has seen too many tragic deaths of innocent people (like the cyclist who fled to the Western camp at the beginning of the movie, but was shot and killed by the Western camp soldiers), too many betrayals, and too many colleagues were taken for granted A pawn played by politicians. (Like his own later story) So he had to put away his passions, or try to be ruthless (he didn't, and ended up falling in love with a woman).
This time, his task was to act as an important pawn in the countermeasures arranged by the British Intelligence Agency, to convince the Soviet side that a British spy who defected to the Soviet Union was a pawn placed by the British Intelligence Agency in the Soviet Union. (During this period, some details of the movie are worth pondering. When the Soviet spies talked to Leamas, they were all eloquent and arrogant, but when they met their superiors, they became submissive and sullen. The Soviet intelligence chief Fiedler turned out to be It's a fascist! When the intelligence chief of the British side talked to Leamas, he always talked about money, and his speech was cold, like a group of people without emotion. These plots should more or less explain the director's views on the East and West camps)
plans Failing, Leamas' girlfriend Perry suddenly shows up, disrupting the whole plan, and the Soviet intelligence chief Fiedler, who believes him, goes to jail with him instead. But in the end, the truth came out. It turned out that this was a "countermeasure" by the British side. The British spy who defected to the Soviet Union was indeed a pawn placed in the Soviet Union by the British Intelligence Service. The ultimate purpose of the plan was to make the Soviet side Stop suspecting the defector and, incidentally, put Fiedler, the head of Soviet intelligence, in prison. The plot arrangement is fantastic! (should credit the original novel)
The ending of the movie is tragic. Leamas' girlfriend, Perry, is unfortunately shot by Soviet soldiers while climbing the Berlin Wall. He turned back to the Soviet side of the Berlin Wall and died with his lover, which was a decent death.
Yes! In the face of the Cold War, which concerns the pattern and direction of the world, all lives can be sacrificed, no matter if he is a spy or an innocent civilian.
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