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Damascus Cover

Synopsis

A veteran spy is sent undercover in Syria to smuggle a chemical weapons scientist and his family out of Damascus. Within days of his arrival he realizes he’s being followed, his partner doesn’t show, his local contact disappears, and a group of men are trying to kill him. It is not long before his routine mission unravels to reveal a string of murderous conspirators. Marked for death and caught in a maddening puzzle, he must race for survival.

Details

Year
2017
Type of project
Features
Running time
98 mins
Director
Daniel Zelik Berk 1st Feature
Producer
Huw Penallt Jones, Hannah Leader, Joe Thomas
Co-Producer
Mara Lane
Executive Producer
Gary Ellis, Phillip B. Goldfine, Hicham Hajji, Hamid Herraf, Andrew Loveday, Sean O'Kelly
Editor
Martin Brinkler
Screenwriter
Daniel Zelik Berk, Samantha Newton
Director of Photography
Chloë Thomson
Production Designer
Matthew Button
Composer
Harry Escott
Principal cast
Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Olivia Thirlby, John Hurt, Jürgen Prochnow

Genre

Action

Categories

Fiction

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Damascus Cover (UK), H Films (MA)

Damascus Cover Films

c/o Carnaby Sales and Distribution Ltd
Gabriel Foster-Prior

Sales Company

Carnaby International Sales and Distribution

Severah Akhtar
20 Orange Street
London
WC2H 7EF

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