| The Berlin File | |
|---|---|
| Hangul | 베를린 |
| RR | Bereurlin |
| Directed by | Ryu Seung-wan |
| Produced by | Kang Hye-jeong |
| Written by | Ryu Seung-wan |
| Starring | Ha Jung-woo Gianna Jun Han Suk-kyu Ryu Seung-beom |
| Release date(s) | 2012 |
| Country | South Korea |
| Language | Korean |
The Berlin File (베를린 Bereurlin) is a 2012 South Korean spy thriller directed by Ryu Seung-wan.
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Ha Jung-woo is set to star as a North Korean agent in Berlin who is betrayed and cut loose in the midst of a financial espionage intrigue. Together with his wife (Gianna Jun), a translator at the North Korean embassy in Berlin, they try to escape being purged, with Ryu Seung-beom and Han Suk-kyu playing North and South Korean operatives on their trail.[1]
Budgeted at US$9 million, director Ryu Seung-wan said the film will be reminiscent of The Bourne Identity and will be shot 100% on location in Europe, featuring the Brandenburg Gate, and the American Embassy and Holocaust Memorial right next to it. While preparing for the film, Ryu met with several North Korean defectors and shot the documentary Spies for Korean broadcaster MBC as part of a special series that aired in 2011, intending "to make a realistic, fast-paced, Korean-style espionage action film about South Korean agents discovering North Korea's secret accounts and how political dynamics between the two Koreas get involved." On an emotional level, he says he is focusing on the solitude and sorrow of those who live as secret agents. Seasonal aspects will play an important part in the film as well. Ryu hopes to start shooting end of February or beginning of March 2012 to capture the eerie chill of Europe.[2]