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The Operative

  • 2019
  • TV-MA
  • 1h 56m
IMDb RATING
5.8/10
7.8K
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Diane Kruger in The Operative (2019)
'The Operative' is a taut psychological thriller about a young Western woman (Diane Kruger) recruited by the Mossad to go undercover in Tehran where she becomes entangled in a complex triangle with her handler (Martin Freeman) and her subject (Cas Anvar).
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A woman is recruited by the Mossad to work undercover in Tehran.A woman is recruited by the Mossad to work undercover in Tehran.A woman is recruited by the Mossad to work undercover in Tehran.

  • Director
    • Yuval Adler
  • Writers
    • Yiftach R. Atir
    • Yuval Adler
  • Stars
    • Diane Kruger
    • Martin Freeman
    • Cas Anvar
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    • IMDb RATING
    5.8/10
    7.8K
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    • Director
      • Yuval Adler
    • Writers
      • Yiftach R. Atir
      • Yuval Adler
    • Stars
      • Diane Kruger
      • Martin Freeman
      • Cas Anvar
    • 141User reviews
    • 45Critic reviews
    • 47Metascore
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 1 win

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    Diane Kruger
    Diane Kruger
    • Rachel
    Martin Freeman
    Martin Freeman
    • Thomas
    Cas Anvar
    Cas Anvar
    • Farhad
    Rotem Keinan
    Rotem Keinan
    • Daniel
    Lana Ettinger
    Lana Ettinger
    • Operative #2
    Yoav Levi
    Yoav Levi
    • Operative #1
    Johanan Herson
    • Joe
    • (as Yohanan Herson)
    Rita Bäde
    • Woman donation
    Annette Atzpodien
    • School secretary
    Daniel Wandelt
    • Max
    Julia Schneider
    • Woman in line
    Mehdi Mosadekpur
    • Passport Offical
    Gal Friedman
    Gal Friedman
    • Operative #3
    Ohad Knoller
    Ohad Knoller
    • Stefan
    Barnaby Metschurat
    Barnaby Metschurat
    • Operative #4
    Werner Daehn
    Werner Daehn
    • Röska
    Bastian Volkmer
    • Bodyguard Röska
    Maria Gnecchi
    • Italian woman
    • Director
      • Yuval Adler
    • Writers
      • Yiftach R. Atir
      • Yuval Adler
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    • Trivia
      Some scenes were actually filmed in Tehran secretly. The Iranian government would not allow an Israel filmmaker to film in the streets of Tehran so Yuval Adler hired a German film company who then hired a French film company to shoot scenes in Tehran and never told the citizens what it was for.
    • Goofs
      When Rachel is entering Iran, at passport control the agent speaks to the agent next to him, and the captions say he's speaking in Arabic. The language of Iran is Persian (also called Farsi), which has no relationship to Arabic.
    • Quotes

      Farhad: The people here all have many secrets. There's too many rules in Iran. So... If uh, you want to drink, you keep it a secret. You marry a woman who is a... Yu understand. She, she had sex. You keep it secret. If you go to a party or a cultural thing too controversial, you keep it secret. You don't want to fast on Ramadan? Eat in secret. It's the way of life here. Like a second nature.

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    7/10

    As an iranian person

    This was the first movie which had real scenes of Iran. Streets, people, accents, culture every thing was completely accurate. If you don't know anything about Iran and iranian people, you can trust every thing you watch in this movie. Of course some small details in streets, wasn't quite the same, but it was close. Any way I think it is underrated and I don't understand why. It's not boring and I enjoyed watching it.
    • zahraaerfani
    • Sep 19, 2019
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    • Release date
      • July 24, 2019 (France)
    • Countries of origin
      • France
      • Israel
      • Germany
      • United States
      • United Kingdom
    • Languages
      • English
      • German
      • Persian
      • Hebrew
      • Kurdish
      • French
    • Also known as
      • Điệp viên
    • Filming locations
      • Tehran, Iran
    • Production companies
      • Black Bear
      • Bord Cadre Films
      • Le Pacte
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    • Gross worldwide
      • $1,431,904
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 56 minutes
    • Color
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    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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