Garbo: The Spy
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  • Summary: The Allies called him Garbo. The Nazis dubbed him Alaric. Both sides in World War II were sure Juan Pujol Garcia was their man. In reality, Pujol was a double agent - and his final allegiance was to the Allies. From the relative comfort of Lisbon, Garbo fed false information to the Nazis and fabricated a network of phantom agents across Europe. Although he never fired a single shot, Garbo helped to save thousands of lives, most notably by misinforming the Germans about the timing and location of the Normandy D-Day invasion. In his inexhaustible imagination he even went so far as to secure death benefits from the Nazis for an imaginary agent's nonexistent widow. (First Run Features)… Expand

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  1. Positive: 10 out of 12
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 12
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  1. The A.V. Club
    Reviewed by: Noel Murray
    Nov 16, 2011
    75
    Even without the fine psychological shading, Garcia's story is a doozy.
  2. Chicago Sun-Times
    Reviewed by: Roger Ebert
    Dec 7, 2011
    75
    Edmon Roch's Garbo the Spy is an engrossing documentary that is itself largely a work of the director's imagination.
  3. San Francisco Chronicle
    Reviewed by: G. Allen Johnson
    Nov 14, 2011
    75
    He was so good at his job he was awarded an honorary knighthood by the British and the Iron Cross II by the Nazis. Talk about playing both sides!
  4. The Hollywood Reporter
    Reviewed by: John DeFore
    Nov 19, 2011
    60
    A true-life tale of espionage so brazen and crucial to World War II's outcome one marvels that it isn't better known; but the documentary would likely work better as a feature film.

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