Sadness at Leaving (1992)
Synopsis
Following the erection of the Berlin wall, special agent Carl Halman is assigned by East German intelligence to move to New York where he’ll “sleep” as a writer until he is called. Using the code-name “April 23,” Carl successfully infiltrates the uptown-downtown literary world in 1950s New York. He edits a magazine, follows the Knicks, and marries Melinda, the socialite wife of best-selling jock novelist Hubert Cleaver, Ayden’s hilarious Norman Mailer pastiche. Through Carl’s eyes, we see New York City change from an outpost of Europe to the new capital of an anarchistic, post-ideological world. But then, when Carl least expects it, he’s called.
Release Date: 1992-01-01
Runtime: 20 minutes
Director: Chris Kraus
Top Cast
- Richard Hell as Carl Halman
- Rosemary Hochschild as Melinda
- George Bartenieff as Hubert Cleaver
- Larry Gregory as Nat Cooper
- Penny Arcade as Juanita
- Paula Greevy as Elise O'Leary
- Jerome Koenig as Gus Steinermann
- Judy Nylon as Melinda (voice)
- Michael Ryan as Col. Bechstein
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