Полночь в Санкт-Петербурге
Directed by:
Douglas JacksonScreenplay:
Harry Alan TowersCinematography:
Peter BenisonComposer:
Rick WakemanCast:
Michael Caine, Jason Connery, Evgeniy Zharikov, Michael Gambon, Vlasta Vrana, Michael Sarrazin, John Dunn-Hill, Serge Houde, Michelle Burke, Anatoliy Rudakov (more)Plots(1)
During a performance at the Moscow Circus, Harry Palmer is secretly approached by an agent from the Interanational Atomic Energy Authority and given a high priority assignment: locate and recover a shipment of Plutonium stolen by an unknown terrorist group. The trail leads Harry and his young field assisstant, Nick, to St. Petersburg. When dining out with Nick, his girlfriend and her father, they find themselves in a gun shower, and Nick girlfriend is kidnapped. In order to get her back, the kidnappers demanded the treasured paintings from her fathers Hermitage. To recover the stolen Plutonuum and find the girl, Harry puts his own life on the line and makes an alliance with his arch-enemy Yuri, the Mafia boss of St. Petersburg. In an uneasy alliance, Harry finds himself caught up in a complex web of distrust, double dealing, betrayl and murder leading to a final showdown that only one can win. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Reviews (1)
Why not... It's slightly better than average, although Midnight in St. Petersburg doesn't hold a candle to the other Harry Palmer films. The boredom that reigns unpleasantly in the film at times is especially disturbing in comparison to the previous film Bullet to Beijing, which it actually follows directly. And that's probably the main problem - Midnight in St. Petersburg felt to me like a kind of epilogue, a final chapter that just didn't fit in there last time. However, the film has its bright spots, Michael Caine is as charming and funny as ever (every breathless "Bloody hell!" is great), and Mr. Connery and Mr. Gambon also give decent performances. Unfortunately, the action was reduced at the expense of the spy spectacle, which was not quite successful. Three and a bit.
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