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The Secret Agent is a 1996 British drama-thriller film written and directed by Christopher Hampton and starring Bob Hoskins and Patricia Arquette. It is adapted from Joseph Conrad 's 1907 novel of the same name. [1] [2] Plot. Cast. Bob Hoskins as Verloc. Patricia Arquette as Winnie. Gérard Depardieu as Ossipon. Christian Bale as Stevie.
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The Secret Agent: A Simple Tale is a novel by Joseph Conrad, first published in 1907. [1] The story is set in London in 1886 and deals with Mr. Adolf Verloc and his work as a spy for an unnamed country (presumably Russia). The Secret Agent is one of Conrad's later political novels in which he moved away from his former tales of seafaring.
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He tells The Professor that Michaelis is a suspect in the bombing. Heat then goes to the Assistant Commissioner and tells him that Adolf, their secret contact, might be able to help bring Michaelis to justice.
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May 10, 2019 · At the time Conrad was one of a handful of writers capable of bridging the gap between paramount artistic ambition—repurposed for the machine age by Ezra Pound with his slogan, “Make it New!”—and the quotidian enjoyment of a rattling good yarn. To read Conrad—and this is true in particular of The Secret Agent (1907)—is to find ...
Movie Info. In 1880s London, pornographic bookseller Verloc (Bob Hoskins) is a double agent for the Russian government, providing information to Chief Inspector Heat (Jim Broadbent) about a...
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Jul 18, 2016 · TV review Television. This article is more than 7 years old. The Secret Agent review – worryingly one-dimensional. So much is lost from Conrad’s strange, complex and deeply ironic novel....
