Following its November premiere at the 2025 Jewish Film Festival, we are delighted to be given permission to screen this special preview, a riveting portrait of 100-year-old CIA spymaster Peter Sichel.
German-born, Jewish ex-spy, Peter Sichel - known as “the Jewish James Bond” in his Hamptons’ community, and “the wunderkind” in espionage circles - was in his early 20s when he joined the OSS (the precursor to the CIA). Aged 100, he looks back on his chequered career with the organisation, considering his huge successes, as well as his decision to quit in the 1960s, following years of disagreements with the CIA and consecutive American administrations. With spotless integrity plus a good dose of wit and humour to boot, Sichel relishes the opportunity to talk about the copious amounts of alcohol consumed by CIA agents in the 1950s, berate senior politicians, and call General Patton “a very stupid man” - in short, being a worldclass secret agent and mensch. “A fascinating and wide-ranging history lesson.” Screen Daily
USA/Germany 2025 Katharina Otto-Bernstein 106m
