Mission to bring out a scientist from Hungary.Mission to bring out a scientist from Hungary.Mission to bring out a scientist from Hungary.
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Escape From The Iron Curtain
Theodore Bikel is Colonel Sandor Kosice. A Hungarian government agent who fears for his safety as his political masters have been replaced.
Kosice manages to scramble to Vienna but the communists are on to him. The British in Vienna are unsure if Kosice is a plant. To test his loyalties they want him to go back behind the Iron Curtain and smuggle out a scientist. Kosice even gets his wife to escape this time.
However Kosice is not out of danger. As the British deliberate whether to grant him asylum, the Hungarians send an agent to assassinate him.
Flight from Vienna is cheaply made B thriller that runs for less than a hour. It does not have much of a story and also lacks thrills. Kosice is fired upon so many times as he escapes to the west and they all miss him.
Bikel gives a sincere performance in what is a slow moving film with lots of filler scenes. The British operatives also come across as incompetent who unduly put Kosice's life in danger.
Kosice manages to scramble to Vienna but the communists are on to him. The British in Vienna are unsure if Kosice is a plant. To test his loyalties they want him to go back behind the Iron Curtain and smuggle out a scientist. Kosice even gets his wife to escape this time.
However Kosice is not out of danger. As the British deliberate whether to grant him asylum, the Hungarians send an agent to assassinate him.
Flight from Vienna is cheaply made B thriller that runs for less than a hour. It does not have much of a story and also lacks thrills. Kosice is fired upon so many times as he escapes to the west and they all miss him.
Bikel gives a sincere performance in what is a slow moving film with lots of filler scenes. The British operatives also come across as incompetent who unduly put Kosice's life in danger.
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- Prismark10
- Jul 30, 2019
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- Runtime58 minutes
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- 1.37 : 1
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By what name was Escape from the Iron Curtain (1956) officially released in Canada in English?
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