Garbo: The Spy

Name: Garbo: The Spy
Genre: Biography, History, Documentary
Released: November 18, 2011
Duration: 88 min
Rating: 67

2011

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First Run Features | Release Date: November 18, 2011 | Not Rated

Summary: The Allies called him Garbo. The Nazis dubbed him Alaric. Both sides in World War II were sure Juan Pujol Garcia was their man. In reality, Pujol was a double agent - and his final allegiance was to the Allies. From the relative comfort of Lisbon, Garbo fed false information to the Nazis and fabricated a network of phantom agents acrossThe Allies called him Garbo. The Nazis dubbed him Alaric. Both sides in World War II were sure Juan Pujol Garcia was their man. In reality, Pujol was a double agent - and his final allegiance was to the Allies. From the relative comfort of Lisbon, Garbo fed false information to the Nazis and fabricated a network of phantom agents across Europe. Although he never fired a single shot, Garbo helped to save thousands of lives, most notably by misinforming the Germans about the timing and location of the Normandy D-Day invasion. In his inexhaustible imagination he even went so far as to secure death benefits from the Nazis for an imaginary agent's nonexistent widow. (First Run Features)… Expand

Director: Edmon Roch

Genre(s): Biography, History, Documentary

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 88 min

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G. Allen Johnson

Nov 14, 2011

He was so good at his job he was awarded an honorary knighthood by the British and the Iron Cross II by the Nazis. Talk about playing both sides! Read full review

Noel Murray

Nov 16, 2011

Even without the fine psychological shading, Garcia's story is a doozy. Read full review

Roger Ebert

Dec 7, 2011

Edmon Roch's Garbo the Spy is an engrossing documentary that is itself largely a work of the director's imagination. Read full review

Karina Longworth

Nov 15, 2011

Some of this footage feels like filler, but Roch's concept is strong: He's creating a dialogue between the fictions Pujol created to help win the war and the fictions Hollywood created to memorialize that victory. Read full review

Shawn Levy

Jan 5, 2012

The story told in Garbo: The Spy is so outlandish that you almost feel as if you're watching a mockumentary. But it appears to be entirely true. Read full review

Kyle Smith

Nov 18, 2011

Fascinating though it is, the movie is thin on historical materials. Read full review

Keith Uhlich

Nov 15, 2011

The jarring juxtapositions only heighten the enigmatic air of the film's subject; even when he's right in front of us, he seems to be plotting his next wily act. Read full review

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