Funeral in Berlin (1966)

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It was going to be a lovely funeral. Harry ‘Ipcress File’ Palmer just hoped it wouldn’t be his …

Colonel Stok, a Soviet intelligence officer responsible for security at the Berlin Wall, appears to want to defect but the evidence is contradictory. Stok wants the British to handle his defection and asks for one of their agents, Harry Palmer, to smuggle him out of East Germany.

• Released: 1966-12-22
• Genres: Thriller
• Runtime: 1h 42m
• Status: Released
• TMDB rating: 6.4/10 from 171 votes

Directed by Guy Hamilton.

Top cast

• Michael Caine as Harry Palmer
• Paul Hubschmid as Johnnie Vulkan
• Oskar Homolka as Colonel Stok
• Eva Renzi as Samantha Steel
• Guy Doleman as Ross
• Hugh Burden as Hallam
• Heinz Schubert as Aaron Levine
• Wolfgang Völz as Werner
• Thomas Holtzmann as Reinhardt
• Günter Meisner as Kreutzman

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Where to watch Funeral in Berlin

• United States: watch free on Hoopla; rent on Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home; buy on Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
• United Kingdom: stream on Paramount Plus, Paramount+ Amazon Channel, Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Basic with Ads; watch free on BBC iPlayer; rent on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, Sky Store, YouTube; buy on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, YouTube
• India: rent on Amazon Video
• Canada: rent on Apple TV Store, YouTube, Amazon Video; buy on Apple TV Store, YouTube, Amazon Video
• Australia: rent on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, YouTube; buy on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, YouTube

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