Funeral in Berlin

Funeral in Berlin

It was going to be a lovely funeral. Harry ‘Ipcress File’ Palmer just hoped it wouldn’t be his …

Directed by Guy Hamilton

Produced by Paramount Pictures, Lowndes Productions Limited

1966102 min6.4 / 10

A Cold War spy thriller built on deception and doubt, where nothing and no one can be trusted, anchored by a wry protagonist navigating Berlin's divided landscape.

Colonel Stok, a Soviet intelligence officer responsible for security at the Berlin Wall, appears to want to defect but the evidence is contradictory. Stok wants the British to handle his defection and asks for one of their agents, Harry Palmer, to smuggle him out of East Germany.

Questions people ask

  • Does Funeral in Berlin end with hope? Not especially. Less hopeful than 63% of films.

  • Is Funeral in Berlin scary? Somewhat. More frightening than 61% of films.

  • Is Funeral in Berlin sad? Not especially. Less sad than 59% of films.

  • Is Funeral in Berlin violent? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

  • Is Funeral in Berlin easy watching? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

53/ 100

Cinnamon Score

How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

Familiar shape, done well.

Rarity75

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise48

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love40

How much audiences actually like it

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Similar, pushed toward heavier and more intense.

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Similar, pushed toward warmer and easier.

Like Funeral in Berlin, But Less Popular

Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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