A Most Wanted Man is a 2014 British espionage-thriller film based on the novel of the same name by John le Carré, directed by Anton Corbijn and written by Andrew Bovell. The film stars Philip Seymour Hoffman, Rachel McAdams, Willem Dafoe, Robin Wright, Daniel Brühl and Nina Hoss. It premiered at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival and competed in the main competition section of the 36th Moscow International Film Festival.
Movie Details:
Directed by: Anton Corbijn
Produced by: Andrea Calderwood, Simon Cornwell, Stephen Cornwell, Gail Egan
Screenplay by: Andrew Bovell
Based on: A Most Wanted Man by John le Carré
Starring: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Rachel McAdams, Willem Dafoe, Daniel Brühl, Nina Hoss, Robin Wright
Music by: Herbert Grönemeyer
Cinematography: Benoit Delhomme
Edited by: Claire Simpson
Production company: Demarest Films, Potboiler Productions, The Ink Factory, Film4 Productions
Distributed by: Lionsgate (United States), Roadside Attractions Entertainment One (United Kingdom)
Release date(s): 19 January 2014 (Sundance Film Festival), 25 July 2014 (United States), 5 September 2014 (United Kingdom)
Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
Box office: $15,150,681
Plot:
Issa Karpov (Dobrygin), a refugee from Chechnya, enters Hamburg, Germany, illegally. Günther Bachmann (Hoffman), a German espionage agent, leads a team which seeks to develop intelligence from the local Muslim community. The team learns of Karpov's presence from CCTV footage and confirms from Russian intelligence that he is considered to be an extremely dangerous terrorist. The team also tracks the activities of local Muslim philanthropist Dr. Abdullah (Ershadi) who is believed to be funnelling funds to terrorist activities, though the team is unable to prove this. German security official Mohr (Bock) and American diplomatic attache Sullivan (Wright) both take interest in the two cases. Karpov contacts an immigration lawyer, Annabel Richter (McAdams), through a local Muslim family and she puts him in touch with Tommy Brue (Dafoe), a banker whose father laundered money for Karpov's father. Karpov identifies with his maternal Chechen heritage and doesn't want his father's money. Bachmann's team is able to turn Brue and Richter who convince Karpov to donate the funds to Abdullah's organization believing that Abdullah will reroute some funds to a shipping company which is a front for Al Qaeda. Bachmann plans to capture Abdullah and turn him as well in order to ensnare those higher up in the terrorist organization. The plan is approved by the interior minister and Abdullah does indeed route funds to the shipping company, but as Bachmann prepares to take Abdullah into custody, he is ambushed by forces reporting to Mohr and Sullivan who capture Abdullah and Karpov.
