John le Carre's 2008 Novel
In one of his final performances, Philip Seymour Hoffman
plays Gunter Bachmann, a calculating German intelligence operative who's
stalking a potential Islamic terror suspect in Hamburg, Germany.
The late actor immersed himself in his lonely, obsessive
character from John le Carre's 2008 novel. He mentored costars such as Daniel
Brühl (Rush), who plays one of his underlings, while steering clear of
castmates who portrayed rivals or threats.
''He went through a very difficult period when we were
making it, and you can see that [on screen],'' says director Anton Corbijn (The
American). ''You really feel how he struggles. At a certain point, Phil and
Gunter become one during the making of it.''
A Most Wanted Man Storyline :
A Most Wanted Man takes place in present day Hamburg,
Germany where a mysterious, tortured and near-dead half-Chechen, half-Russian
man on the run arrives in the city’s Islamic community desperate for help and
looking to recover his late Russian father’s ill-gotten fortune.
Nothing about this young man seems to add up; is he a victim
or a thief or, worse still, an extremist intent on destruction? Drawn into this
web of intrigue is a private British banker and a young female lawyer
determined to defend the defenseless.
All the while, they
are being watched by the brilliant, roguish chief of a covert German spy unit
(Hoffman), who fights to put the pieces together as the clock ticks.
“A Most Wanted Man” opens in theaters on July 25.
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