FUNERAL IN BERLIN is another of the Harry Palmer spy sequels that followed in the wake of THE IPCRESS FILE. While I thoroughly enjoyed the first film in the series, I think the sequels are something of an unnecessary drag and so it proved with this clunky misfire of a movie. It's another Len Deighton adaptation in which Palmer is tasked with heading into East Berlin, where he tangles with all kinds of mysterious characters. There are more nods to the Bond franchise here, with Palmer taking time out to romance various attractive and glamorous women, with the more action elements of the story coming in at the climax. It's well-made, certainly, but also overlong and not particularly fulfilling - at least for this viewer.
Review of Funeral in Berlin
