THE CHAMPAGNE SPY

a film by Nadav Schirman

a co-production of LICHTBLICK FILM
and July August Productions

in co-production with ZDF/ arte
in collaboration with Filmstiftung NRW, New Israeli Foundation for Cinema

World Sales: Film Transit International

Digi Beta / 90 minutes / Stereo / color

SYNOPSIS
In the early sixties, Oded is just 12 years old when his father reveals to him being a Mossad agent and makes the boy swear to secrecy because his life depends on it. He leaves his familiy for a mission in Cairo, where German scientists from Peenemünde develop missiles for Egypt, a threat against Israel. Two years later Oded’s worst fears come true: His father gets caught in Cairo and is facing a death sentence. Also in the court room is a young, blonde lady from Germany, his father’s wife, but definetely not Oded’s mother...
40 years later Oded breaks his long silence and journeys into his father's real and covert identities, revealing the heavy price paid by his family, trapped in the shadows of espionage. High ranking Mossad officials appear in front of the camera for the first time to uncover the extraordinary case of ‚The Champagne Spy’.

TEAM

Writer / Director:	Nadav Schirman
Producers Israel:	Eilon Ratzkovsky Koby Gal-Raday
Producer Germany:	Carl-Ludwig Rettinger
Commissioning Editor:	ZDF/arte - Hans Robert Eisenhauer
Camera:	Itai Neeman
Sound:	Issachar Vishnia
Sounddesign:	Gil Toren
Editor:	Joelle Alexis
Music:	Ran Bagno

WORLD PREMIERE
Doc Aviv International Film Festival 2007

FESTIVALS / AWARDS
Jury Award beim Doc Aviv International Film Festival
Best Documentary Israeli Film Academy Awards
4 Awards bei den Israeli Documentary Forum Awards (Best Production, Best Editing, Best Original Score, Best Soundtrack)
Nominierung Best Documentary Prix Arte bei den European Film Awards
John Schlesinger Award, Palm Springs IFF
Specia Prize Editing, Riverrun Festival

Seattle IFF
Vancouver IFF
Los Angeles IFF
London BFI
DOK Leipzig
IDFA
Copenhagen IFF

PRESS
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2012
THE LAST CATCH

2011
THE SUBSTANCE

2010
MY REINCARNATION

2010
DAVID WANTS TO FLY

2010
I SHOT MY LOVE

2009
FIGHT.OVER

2008
QI - THE CHINESE ART OF HEALING

2007
HIDDEN HEART

2007
THE CHAMPAGNE SPY

2006
BLOODY SUNDAY -
A DERRY DIARY

2006
HUNT THE KAISER’S CRUISERS

2004
THE FLAMENCO CLAN

2004
MASSAKER

2004
FACING THE DEAD

2002
MY FATHER, HIS FAMILY AND ME

2002
MORO NO BRASIL

2001
TALE OF THE WHITE WHALE

2000
OUT OF TIBET

1996
THE BIG PINK

1995
THE FINAL KICK