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The Berlin File is a sud coréen film of genre Drama directed by Ryoo Seung-wan released in USA on 14 february 2013 with Ha Jeong-woo

The Berlin File (2013)

베를린

The Berlin File
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Released in USA 14 february 2013
Length 2h
Directed by
Genres Drama,    Thriller,    Action,    Spy,    Crime
Themes Spy films
Rating66% 3.3004953.3004953.3004953.3004953.300495

The Berlin File (Hangul: 베를린; RR: Bereullin; lit. "Berlin") is a 2013 South Korean spy thriller written and directed by Ryoo Seung-wan. Ha Jung-woo stars as a North Korean agent in Berlin who is betrayed and cut loose when a weapons deal is exposed. Together with his wife, a translator at the North Korean embassy in Berlin played by Jun Ji-hyun, they try to escape being purged, with Ryoo Seung-bum and Han Suk-kyu playing North and South Korean operatives on their trail.

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After a tense illegal arms deal in a Berlin hotel involving North Korean spy Pyo Jong-seong (Ha Jung-woo), a Russian broker, and a Middle Eastern terrorist goes wrong when disrupted by unknown assailants, Pyo narrowly escapes but encounters morass of conflicting evidence that may reveal why he was set up.

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