The needle

1944: Henry Faber is a cold and emotionless German agent, nicknamed "The Needle" due to his preference for killing with a stiletto. While spying in England, he learns of a massive military deception campaign by the Allies designed to conceal the invasion in Normandy instead of Pas de Calais, as the Wehrmacht High Command expects. Pursued by MI5 and unable to transmit 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 - searing tension!" Similarly, Prisma.de remarked: "Especially due to 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." 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 facade of respectability.".