Garbo: The Spy

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Product Description {WINNER! Best Documentary Film; XXIV Goya Awards 2010} {WINNER! Best Documentary Film and Best Script; II Gaudi Awards Catalan Film Academy} {WINNER! Best European Documentary Film; Sevilla European Film Festival} 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 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 D-Day. In his inexhaustible imagination he even went so far as to secure death benefits from the Nazis for an imaginary agent's nonexistent widow. In this documentary thriller, director Edmon Roch (producer of Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu's Biutiful) artfully interweaves propaganda footage, interviews with intelligence experts and key players in Garbo's life (as well as with Garbo himself), and clips from Hollywood films to conjure forgotten and living memories, heroes and spies, secrets and lies. Review One of the year's best documentaries! Ingenious & engrossing. --Roger EbertThe flair of a Hollywood spy movie: Garbo is dramatic, entertaining, even funny. --The New York Times[five stars] Wonderfully entertaining...a real life spy thriller! Intrigue, an aura of suspense and an ambiance of uncertainty makes this a treat. --Jennifer Merin, About.com