A Most Wanted Man Page #2

Synopsis: When a half-Chechen, half-Russian, brutally tortured immigrant turns up in Hamburg's Islamic community, laying claim to his father's ill gotten fortune, both German and US security agencies take a close interest: as the clock ticks down and the stakes rise, the race is on to establish this most wanted man's true identity - oppressed victim or destruction-bent extremist? Based on John le Carré's novel, A MOST WANTED MAN is a contemporary, cerebral tale of intrigue, love, rivalry, and politics that prickles with tension right through to its last heart-stopping scene.
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Director(s): Anton Corbijn
Production: Lionsgate/Roadside Attractions
  2 wins & 5 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.8
Metacritic:
73
Rotten Tomatoes:
87%
R
Year:
2014
122 min
$14,037,964
Website
1,084 Views


to taking part in attacks on gas pipelines,

transport, infrastructure, police stations.

After 24 hours of Russian questioning

any one of us would admit to anything.

- Are you contesting this report?

- No. Yes.

Maybe.

We've not yet had the

benefit of reading it.

The report concludes that

the terrorist Karpov has come to Hamburg

seeking to make contact with Islamist cells

operating in the city.

They hide among us.

- Really?

- Yes.

Karpov is a wanted man.

If you have knowledge of his whereabouts,

you are obliged to follow due process

under the constitution.

You mean arresting him?

Lssa Karpov is indeed

seeking to make contact in Hamburg,

with a banker.

We've had no briefing on this.

Well, if you were doing your job,

you wouldn't need one.

We're not policemen.

We're spies.

Lssa Karpov may be of value to us.

All I'm asking for is more time.

Our unit was set up

to develop intelligence resources

inside Germany's Islamic community.

That's why we're here.

And I thought you were here

because you f***ed up in Beirut

and your friend Michael Axelrod

had no idea...

This banker,

do we know what Karpov wants from him?

Not yet and if we move against him now,

the chances are we never will.

I think he knows what he's doing, Otto.

Maybe you should let him get on with it.

You have 72 hours

to bring this matter to a resolution,

if not, we will,

with or without your co-operation.

- OKay?

- OKay.

- Where should we go?

- Meet at the place on the corner?

Okay.

I'll catch up with you later.

Okay, we'll see you there.

Melik?

Did we have an appointment?

Annabel Richter, Mama.

Hello, Leyla. How are you?

Welcome to our house, Frau Annabel.

Nice to see you again.

- Come in. Come in please.

- Thank you.

The boy is good, Frau Annabel.

Do you understand?

If he has done something wrong,

it's because he had no...

Hello, Issa.

My name is Annabel Richter.

I am a lawyer.

I work with an organization

called Sanctuary North.

- Please?

- Okay.

Are you seeking asylum in Germany?

I make coffee.

There has to be a reason.

Either you cannot return

to your country of origin

because your life would be in danger

or you have been tortured.

Yes.

Yes what?

I have been tortured.

Forgive me, but this is my job.

I want to believe you,

but people make this claim all the time.

I have to...

Who did this to you?

Roosskie.

I cannot help you

unless you are honest with me.

It's only a matter of time before the

German authorities will find you.

It's better for your case

if you go to them first.

- We can make a formal...

- I will never, never go back to Russia.

Please?

You will contact this man.

He will help me.

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Andrew Bovell

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