Agent 3S3: Passport to Hell
{{Infobox film
| name =Agente 3S3: Passaporto per l'inferno
| image =Agent 3S3- Passport to Hell.jpg
| caption =Italian theatrical release poster
| director = Sergio Sollima
| producer = Cesáreo González
| writer = Jesús María de Arozamena, Alfonso Balcázar
| starring =
| music =Piero Umiliani
| cinematography = {{ill|Carlo Carlini|it|Carlo Carlini}}
| editing =Bruno Mattei
| studio ={{plainlist|* Cineproduzioni Associate * Producciones Balcazar * Les Films Copernic}}
| distributor =
| released = {{Film date|1965}}
| runtime =
| country = {{plainlist|*Italy
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| budget =
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Agente 3S3: Passaporto per l'inferno or Agent 3S3:Passport to Hell is a 1965 Italian adventure-eurospy film directed by Sergio Sollima, here credited as Simon Sterling. This is the first chapter in the Sollima's spy film trilogy, and inaugurated the film series of the Agent 3S3 played by George Ardisson.{{cite book|last=Francesco Adinolfi, Karen Pinkus|title=Mondo exotica|publisher=Duke University Press, 2008}}{{cite book|last=Marco Giusti|title=007 all'italiana|publisher=Isbn Edizioni, 2010}} It is also the first Sollima's full-length film, after the episode he filmed in L'amore difficile three years before.
Location filming includes Spain, Rome, Beirut and Vienna.{{cite web|last=Fabio Zanello |title=La regia come match di boxe - Intervista a Sergio Sollima |url=http://www.sentieriselvaggi.it/articolo.asp?sez0=6&sez1=0&art=7993 |publisher=Sentieri Selvaggi |accessdate=16 January 2012 |date=4 August 2004 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130925095136/http://www.sentieriselvaggi.it/articolo.asp?sez0=6&sez1=0&art=7993 |archivedate=25 September 2013 }} This was followed by the sequel Agent 3S3, Massacre in the Sun (1966) also directed by Sollima that was shot back to back.
Cast
- George Ardisson ... Walter Ross, Agent 3S3
- Barbara Simon ... Irmgard von Wittstein
- José Marco ... Ahmed
- Georges Rivière ... Professor Steve Dickson
- {{ill|Franco Andrei|it|Franco Andrei}} ... Bellamy (as Frank Andrews)
- Liliane Fernani ... Karina (as Senta Heller)
- Seyna Seyn ... Jackye Vein
- Charles Kalinski ... Salkoff (as Karl Wirth)
- Francisco Sanz ... Nobell (as Paco Sanz / Paul Fabian)
- Henri Cogan ... Sanz (as Heinrich Rauch)
- Fernando Sancho ... Colonel Dolukin (as Ferdinand Bergmann)
- Béatrice Altariba ... Elisa von Sloot
- Sal Borgese ... Man in Vienna Bar
- Jeff Cameron
Reception
In a contemporary review, the Monthly Film Bulletin stated that ″attractive locations...are small compensation for the general stodginess of the latest cosmopolitan spy thriller. After a promising beginning, with the hero's car sandwiched between two huge lorries on a snow-bound country road, the plot resolves itself into the customary round of brawls and brawn.″{{cite magazine|magazine=Monthly Film Bulletin|title=Agente 3.S.3, Passaporto per L'inferno|volume=33|issue=384|page=140|year=1966|publisher=British Film Institute}}
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|id =0058884|title =Agente 3S3: Passaporto per l'inferno}}
{{Sergio Sollima}}
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Category:1960s Italian-language films
Category:Italian spy thriller films
Category:1960s spy thriller films
Category:Films directed by Sergio Sollima
Category:Films scored by Piero Umiliani
Category:Italian adventure films
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