Drama ·Thriller · United Kingdom · 1981 · 1h 48m

Eye of the Needle

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Director
Richard Marquand
Cast
Donald Sutherland as Faber Kate Nelligan as Lucy Ian Bannen as Godliman Christopher Cazenove as David Faith Brook as Lucy's Mother Barbara Ewing as Mrs. Garden
Crew
Alan Hume — Director of Photography Sean Barton — Editor Miklós Rózsa — Original Music Composer Stanley Mann — Screenplay Ken Follett — Novel Stephen J. Friedman — Producer
Tagline

To love a stranger is easy. To kill a lover is not.

Synopsis

Great Britain, 1944, during World War II. Relentlessly pursued by several MI5 agents, Henry Faber the Needle, a ruthless German spy in possession of vital information about D-Day, takes refuge on Storm Island, an inhospitable, sparsely inhabited island off the coast of northern Scotland.

Trailer Eye of the Needle — Official Trailer
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Mood & Themes
husband wife relationshipbased on novel or booksubmarineworld war iid-daynazi spycold blooded killer1940sisolated island
Key Collaborators
Richard Marquand Director Alan Hume Director of Photography Sean Barton Editor Miklós Rózsa Original Music Composer Stanley Mann Screenplay Ken Follett Novel Stephen J. Friedman Producer Wilfred Shingleton Production Design
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