Spies of Warsaw

2013

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6.7| TV-14| en| More Info
Released: 09 January 2013 Ended
Producted By: ARTE
Country: United States of America
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Official Website: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01pw43c
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A military attaché at the French embassy is drawn into a world of abduction, betrayal and intrigue in the diplomatic salons and back alleys of Warsaw. A classic tale of spying, intrigue, and romance, based on the novels of Alan Furst and adapted by Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais.

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Plantiana Yawn. Poorly Filmed Snooze Fest.
Lovesusti The Worst Film Ever
YouHeart I gave it a 7.5 out of 10
Abbigail Bush what a terribly boring film. I'm sorry but this is absolutely not deserving of best picture and will be forgotten quickly. Entertaining and engaging cinema? No. Nothing performances with flat faces and mistaking silence for subtlety.
phd_travel This is a miscast cheaply made boring WWII spy movie/TV series. The scenes are so limited - the same courtyard street or forest. Hardly show any parts of recognizable Warsaw at all.David Tennant is hardly a dashing spy - he looks like an owl with his blank staring eyes.Janet Montgomery is quite pretty but she can't make up for this dud.The supporting cast looks like the least photogenic of all BBC British actors and actresses. The accents are inconsistent - the French sound like British. The Germans speak in German with subtitles even though the Polish characters are speaking in English. Why bother? There just isn't enough story - and the screenplay is boring. The editing spends long periods on uneventful scenes and dialog. A dull book and a dull series.Don't waste your time.This dud should never have been made.
desertsailor Sorry, lots of whining about how slow the pace of the series is. If you have read the source novels you should know that Alan Furst takes his time. They're all about mood, and ambiguity, shadows, and wheels within wheels. I think the series, while not great, catches, visually, a lot of Furst's writing, and ambiguity. If you are expecting Skyfall, don't bother. If you are willing to let the thing roll at it's own pace, it is well done. My review is generally positive despite BBC America's decision to do the thing in four parts in On Demand, with an endless series of exceptionally low rent commercials that break the mood considerably.
bilborough64 I use the word "disappointing" to be polite. I love spy novels etc, but this was pathetic. I did stay for 30 minutes to give it a chance. Tieing up an 18 year old German soldier to a tree right after you are discovered spying on the new German 'super' tank. Get real. I know something of history and even though this was fiction, it was bad fiction. I couldn't tell what country the main character was from until 30 minutes into the program. Even at this point, I don't remember his name. David Tennant is a great actor. I've seen his "Hamlet". What possessed him to take this role is beyond me. Let's just say, I changed the channel to watch PBS. They had a program on called 'Nature'. The subject was plants talking to each other.
Michael Dixon Sorry, but it is the leading man who mainly disappoints. David Tennant is totally miscast and is not helped by a poor script, awash with clichés.I have been to Warsaw three times and there was more tension in the air during my visits than here with spies all over the place.It may have worked with a different lead, as Tennant sleepwalks his way through the scenes and physically has an uncanny resemblance to John Laurie when playing the crofter in the original version of the 39 Steps.When he twitches those eyebrows he also looks like a mad scientist rather than the smooth Frenchman tempting every woman from Paris to Warsaw to jump into bed with him. Add to that a non-existent personality and you are left with a problem.There is absolutely no chemistry between Tennant and Janet Montgomery who is very unenthusiastic throughout. Some decent efforts by a few of the supporting cast, but poor old Julian Glover was given a bad hand with some awful lines.And the continual movement from Paris to Warsaw and back again several times over was very confusingSadly quite ridiculous.