The International (2009)
Action, Crime, Drama |
The International is a action thriller film directed by Tom Tykwer and written by Eric Warren Singer. Starring Clive Owen and Naomi Watts, the film follows an Interpol agent and an American district attorney who jointly investigate corruption within the IBBC, a fictional merchant bank based in Luxembourg. It serves organized crime and corrupt governments as a banker and as an arms broker. The bank’s ruthless managers assassinate potential threats including their own employees.
Inspired by the Bank of Credit and Commerce International (BCCI) scandal of the 1980s, the film raises concerns about how global finance affects international politics across the world. Production began in Berlin in September 2008, including the construction of a life-size replica of New York’s Guggenheim Museum for the film’s central shootout scene.
Louis Salinger, a British ex-Scotland Yard officer-turned Interpol detective, and Eleanor Whitman, an Assistant District Attorney from Manhattan, are investigating the International Bank of Business and Credit (IBBC), which funds activities such as money laundering, terrorism, arms trading, and the destabilization of governments. Salinger’s and Whitman’s investigation takes them from Berlin to Milan, where the IBBC assassinates Umberto Calvini, an arms manufacturer who is an Italian prime ministerial candidate. The bank’s assassin diverts suspicion to a local assassin with political connections, who is promptly killed by a corrupt policeman. Salinger and Whitman get a lead on the second assassin, but the corrupt policeman shows up again and orders them out of the country. At the airport they are able to check the security camera footage for clues on the whereabouts on the bank’s assassin, and follow a suspect to New York City.
Director: Tom Tykwer
Writer: Eric Warren Singer
Stars: Clive Owen, Naomi Watts, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Ulrich Thomsen, Brían F. O’Byrne, Michel Voletti, Patrick Baladi
►Cast:
| Clive Owen | … | Louis Salinger |
| Naomi Watts | … | Eleanor Whitman |
| Armin Mueller-Stahl | … | Wilhelm Wexler |
| Ulrich Thomsen | … | Jonas Skarssen |
| Brían F. O’Byrne | … | The Consultant |
| Michel Voletti | … | Viktor Haas |
| Patrick Baladi | … | Martin White |
| Jay Villiers | … | Francis Ehames |
| Fabrice Scott | … | Nicolai Yeshinski |
| Haluk Bilginer | … | Ahmet Sunay |
| Luca Barbareschi | … | Umberto Calvini |
| Alessandro Fabrizi | … | Inspector Alberto Cerutti |
| Felix Solis | … | Detective Iggy Ornelas |
| Jack McGee | … | Detective Bernie Ward |
| Nilaja Sun | … | Detective Gloria Hubbard |
| Steven Randazzo | … | Al Moody |
| Tibor Feldman | … | Dr. Isaacson |
| James Rebhorn | … | New York D.A. |
| Remy Auberjonois | … | Sam Purvitz |
| Ty Jones | … | Eli Cassel |
| Ian Burfield | … | Thomas Schumer |
| Peter Jordan | … | Berlin Doctor |
| Axel Milberg | … | Klaus Diemer |
| Thomas Morris | … | Chief Inspector Reinhard Schmidt |
| Oliver Trautwein | … | Dietmar Berghoff |
| Luigi Di Fiore | … | Carabinieri Captain |
| Verena Schonlau | … | I.B.B.C. Secretary (White) |
| Laurent Spielvogel | … | Commissioner Villon |
| Marita Hueber | … | Woman in Knit Cap |
| Giorgio Lupano | … | Milan Sniper |
| Loris Loddi | … | Calvini’s Chief of Staff |
| Natalia Magni | … | 1st Speaker / Politico |
| Dino Conti | … | Café Barista (as Emilio Dino Conti) |
| Lucian Msamati | … | General Charles Motomba |
| Benjamin Wandschneider | … | Cassian Skarssen |
| Alessandro Quattro | … | Milan Airport Security |
| Marco Gambino | … | Calvini Lawyer |
| Matt Patresi | … | Calvini Defense Security Chief |
| Tristana Moore | … | World News Reporter |
| Naomi Krauss | … | I.B.B.C. Secretary (Skarssen) |
| Franco Trevisi | … | Italian Gentleman |
| Antonio Santoro | … | Lab Technician |
| Hakan Boyav | … | Attendant / Bodyguard Sunay |
| Luca Calvani | … | Enzo Calvini |
| Gerolamo Fancellu | … | Mario Calvini |
| Ben Whishaw | … | Rene Antall |
| Sedat Mert | … | Bodyguard Sunay |
| Tevfik Polat | … | Bodyguard Sunay |
| Darren Pettie | … | Elliot Whitman |
| Mike Braun | … | Hitman |
| Michael Bornhütter | … | Hitman (as Michael Bornhuetter) |
| Heiko Kiesow | … | Hitman |
| Markus Pütterich | … | Hitman (as Markus Puetterich) |
| Ronnie Paul | … | Hitman |
| Gerd Grzesczak | … | Hitman |
| Piet Paes | … | Hitman |
| Sigo Heinisch | … | Hitman |
| Georges Bigot | … | André Clement |
| Eric Warren Singer | … | Cashier |
| Federico Pacifici | … | Man in a Green Fedora |
| Brad Holbrook | … | TV Reporter |
| Jon DeVries | … | New York Mayor |
| Chris Henry Coffey | … | Museum Visitor |
| Alex Cranmer | … | Museum Visitor |
| Robert Salerno | … | Little Boy Whitman |
| Nicole Shalhoub | … | Witness |
| George Aloi | … | Museum Visitor |
| Anders Bramsen | … | Guggenheim Visitor |
| Logan Crawford | … | Reporter |
| Joel Cross | … | Bus Passenger |
| Elli | … | Rabbi Elli |
| Resit Berker Enhos | … | Funeral Attendee |
| Mayil Georgi | … | Hotel lady |
| Natalie Gold | … | Assistant District Attorney |
| Takako Haywood | … | Gunshot Victim |
| Lars Joermann | … | Solicitor |
| Steven J. Klaszky | … | Museum Visitor #3 |
| Amy Kwolek | … | Samantha Salinger |
| Lidia Napoli | … | Girl |
| Thelma O’Leary | … | Airport Passenger |
| Izzy Palmieri | … | Little Girl Whitman |
| Christa Pasch | … | Scarcon’s Wife |
| Raffaello Perfetto | … | Tourist |
| Yusuf Piskin | … | Turkish Guy |
| Roberta Potrich | … | Girl in the bar |
| Jihane Tamri | … | Airport worker |
| Paul Darren Varricchio | … | Tourist |
| Nicolas Walier | … | Visitor Guggenheim Museum |
| Elizabeth Watson | … | Muriel Rogue |
| Ricky Watson | … | Guggenheim Museum Visitor |
| Yusuke Yamasaki | … | Guggenheim Visitor |
| Alexander Yassin | … | Guggenheim Museum Visitor |
| Özcan Özdemir | … | Boy in the bar |
Sources: imdb & wikipedia