The Shadow's Edge
2025 · Action · Crime
← Back to discoveries
Film / 1987
The Impossible Spy
Directed by
Jim Goddard
This is the true story of an Israeli civilian who was recruited into Israel's Secret Intelligence Agency to become a spy in Damascus, where he spent years infiltrating the Syrian political establishment. Israel's national hero, Eli Cohen, successfully entered the upper echelons of the Syrian government as a double-agent. The secrets he obtained became crucial in Israel's victory in the 1967 Six Day War.
The story
This is the true story of an Israeli civilian who was recruited into Israel's Secret Intelligence Agency to become a spy in Damascus, where he spent years infiltrating the Syrian political establishment. Israel's national hero, Eli Cohen, successfully entered the upper echelons of the Syrian government as a double-agent. The secrets he obtained became crucial in Israel's victory in the 1967 Six Day War.
Cast
John SheaEli Cohen
Eli WallachYacov
Sasson GabaiGeneral Haled
Michal Bat-AdamNadia Cohen
Rami DanonAmram
Chaim JeraffiSalloum
Anat BarzilaiGalela
Yossi KenanNassim
Judith MiloMadame Massim
Victor KamarMajor Massim
Fahami ShishtawiSyrian Border Captain
Shlomo SadanSyrian Colonel
See more cast
More to discover
Fight Club
1999 · Drama · Thriller
Parasite
2019 · Comedy · Thriller
Whiplash
2014 · Drama · Music
Joker
2019 · Crime · Thriller
Rear Window
1954 · Thriller · Mystery