The needle

1944: Henry Faber is a cold and emotionless German agent, known as "The Needle" due to his preference for killing with a stiletto. While spying in England, he learns about a massive military deception campaign by the Allies, intended to disguise the invasion in Normandy instead of Pas de Calais, as the Wehrmacht High Command expects. Being pursued by MI5 and unable to relay the information, Faber flees to Scotland. There, he meets the attractive Lucy. Critics agreed on this bestseller adaptation. Cinema.de stated: "Ken Follett's bestseller has been transformed into a truly thrilling suspense thriller: Ice-cold Sutherland - blazing tension!" Similarly, Prisma.de remarked: "Especially through the lead actors - foremost a brilliant Donald Sutherland as a frigid spy and killer - as well as the cinematography by Alan Hume, it is an impressive thriller by Richard Marquand (Return of the Jedi)." Swiss television referred to it as "an agent thriller of traditional British style" and further noted that Donald Sutherland was "brilliant as an ice-cold killer with a façade of respectability.".