Ashraf Marwan was many things: the son-in-law of Egypt’s President Nasser, a special adviser and confidant to his successor Anwar Sadat, and a spy for Israel during one of the most turbulent times in Middle Eastern relations. His movie-worthy adventures inspired Uri Bar-Joseph’s bestselling book “The Angel: The Egyptian Spy Who Saved Israel,” and now they’re the stuff of an actual movie, care of Israeli director Ariel Vromen.
Set in the late ’60s, post-Six-Day War, “The Angel” follows Marwan as he is pulled into an ongoing conflict between such powers as Israel, Egypt, Syria, and Jordan, risking his own life in order to prevent yet another horrific conflict. And, yes, his code name was The Angel, and for apparently good reason.
The film has all the markers of a great spy feature, which was part of the draw for Vromen, best known to American audiences for his previous effort,...
Set in the late ’60s, post-Six-Day War, “The Angel” follows Marwan as he is pulled into an ongoing conflict between such powers as Israel, Egypt, Syria, and Jordan, risking his own life in order to prevent yet another horrific conflict. And, yes, his code name was The Angel, and for apparently good reason.
The film has all the markers of a great spy feature, which was part of the draw for Vromen, best known to American audiences for his previous effort,...
- 8/15/2018
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
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