Yes. More frightening than 76% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Somewhat. More violent than 68% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Not especially. Less sad than 67% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is Telefon easy watching?

Not especially. Less comforting than 61% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Does Telefon end with hope?

About average. Almost exactly mid-range for a well-known film. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Telefon

Name: Telefon
Genre: Thriller, Action, Crime
Released: 1977
Duration: 102 min
Rating: 6.6
Cast: Charles Bronson, Lee Remick, Donald Pleasence, Tyne Daly, Alan Badel

They'll do anything to stop Telefon. The operation that can trigger 51 human time bombs.

Directed by Don Siegel

Produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

1977102 min6.6 / 10

A Cold War espionage thriller built on paranoia and brainwashing, where a rogue KGB agent activates dormant sleeper operatives across America through cryptic poetry triggers.

Nicolai Dalchimski, a mad KGB agent steals a notebook full of names of "sleeping" undercover KGB agents sent to the U.S. in the 1950's. These agents got their assignments under hypnosis, so they can't remember their missions until they're told a line of a Robert Frost poem. Dalchimski flees to the U.S. and starts phoning these agents who perform sabotage acts against military targets.

Clusters

Paranoia and Procedure Trapped Conspiracy Thrillers Paranoid Sci-Fi Conspiracies Vengeance Over Introspection Spy & Conspiracy Thrillers

Genres

Thriller Action Crime

Keywords

Based On Novel Or Book Espionage Spy Soviet Union Kgb Secret Agent Brainwashing Terrorism Sabotage Political Thriller

Questions people ask

Is Telefon scary? Yes. More frightening than 76% of films.
Is Telefon violent? Somewhat. More violent than 68% of films.
Is Telefon sad? Not especially. Less sad than 67% of films.
Is Telefon easy watching? Not especially. Less comforting than 61% of films.
Does Telefon end with hope? 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.

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