MARCUS
KLINGBERG,
A PERFECT SPY
A Polish Jew who joined the Red Army to escape the Shoah, a veteran of Israel’s Independence war, Professor Marcus Klingberg was, for more than thirty years, the head of Israel’s secret biological weapons program. No one suspected that he had remained in contact with the KGB. He is now considered “the most dangerous spy Israel has ever known”. The film delves into Marcus Klingberg’s soul, his secret motives, his demons, his flaws, through never-heard-before recordings forming a unique confession. The film also draws on the testimonies of those who were close to him – his family, his friends, his professional contacts and the Israeli secret service officials who arrested him. With contribution of the late John Le Carré, A PERFECT SPY is a film constructed like a spy novel, an intimate saga where the Cold War’s history, Israel’s hidden operations and the fate of a man torn between his roots and his convictions are intertwined.
