The Innocent is a movie directed by John Schlesinger in 1993 and based on the book of the same name by Ian McEwan, first published in 1990. The movie features Isabella Rossellini, Anthony Hopkins, Campbell Scott, Ronald Nitschke, Hart Bochner, James Grant, and others.
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“The book is better than the movie”
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Storyline
A young engineer is sent to post World War II Berlin to help the Americans, in spying on the Russians. In a time and place where discretion is still a man’s best friend, he falls in love with a mysterious woman, who will take him on the dark side of evil. The film centres around the joint CIA/MI6 real-life Operation Gold: building a tunnel under the Russian sector of Berlin.
Movie vs Book
Year
1993
Minutes
119
Movie Rate
5.60
Source: IMDb
Movie
The Innocent
Director: John Schlesinger
Country: UK
Year: 1993
Length: 1h59m
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Year
1990
Pages
226
Book Rate
7.40
S: Goodreads
Book
The Innocent
Author: Ian McEwan
Country: UK
First published in: 1990
Length: 226 pages
Genre: Fiction
User polls & recommendations
“With novels one has more control and more satisfaction. The best thing about filmmaking is the team work, and the worst thing about filmmaking is it’s a team.”
DAVID NICHOLLS (Writer and Screenwriter)
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