End of the Game (1975)

• Year: 1975
• Released: 05 May 1978
• Country: West Germany, Italy
• Adwords: 3 wins & 2 nominations
• IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0075140/
• Rotten Tomatoes: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/end_of_the_game
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• Available in: 720p, 1080p,
• Language: English
• MPA Rating: PG
• Genre: Drama, Mystery, Crime
• Runtime: 106 min
• Writer: Friedrich Dürrenmatt, Maximilian Schell, Roberto De Leonardis
• Director: Maximilian Schell
• Cast: Jon Voight, Jacqueline Bisset, Martin Ritt
• Keywords: assassin, based on novel or book, bridge, murder,

	5.9/10
	43% – Critics
	29% – Audience

End of the Game Storyline

While investigating a high-profile murder case, a savvy but unorthodox veteran police inspector has to cope with a bad conscience, bad health, an overzealous partner, a timid superior and interference from political interests. This is an existential whodunit, but a good one, and like any good whodunit, ends with a very surprising conclusion, which will be spoiled for you if you read much of anything at all about the movie.—LD

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An unforgettable film

My wife & I saw this as the second feature at a drive-in (yes, that long ago) and it has stayed with us long after we’ve forgotten the main feature that night. A marvelous game of cat & mouse between two chess-masters, with Voight as their pawn. We’ve looked for it on television, on tape and on DVD ever since, hoping to decide if it was as impressive as we thought. Schell’s direction is superb, building and maintaining a constant tension throughout. The actors performances are, well, what you’d expect from these actors at the top of their game. Beginning with two young men circa WWII, one betting the other that he can get away with a murder, The End of the Game ranks with the best of Le Carre’s work in its examination of a master detective’s plot to finally catch his bete noir in a crime.

Breathtaking performance by Martin Ritt

Martin Ritt is absolutely spellbinding. He embodies one of the most unforgettable men I have ever met on the screen. It is a neat little thriller, and Shaw is fine as the would-be super-villain, but it is Ritt that still haunts my thoughts and dreams years after my three viewings of this film; I would love to get it on tape.

Twisty.

A very obscure thriller – both in the sense that it’s very hard to find (I actually saw what seemed to be the imported British version, under the title “Deception”; the print was in terrible condition), and also in the sense that it has a very murky structure and characters with motivations that are pretty hard to understand, unless perhaps you’ve read the book. Some good twists and interesting performances (especially by Robert Shaw as the politically powerful villain)….but hold off watching it until you come across a decent print. (**1/2)