The shooting background of Berlin spy

In the 1960s, most spy films in Berlin were not shot on the spot, and Berlin was gloomy and foggy with factory scenes. Friends who lived in Berlin in the 1980s, recalling that time, felt that the atmosphere in West Berlin was tense and guns would ring at any time. Now, the Berlin Wall has fallen, Germany has been unified, and it has become a leisurely and space-rich city. Why does it continue to be an ideal place to stage the spy war between Korea and North Korea today? At that time, East Berlin was an important activity center of North Korea in Europe, while there were many descendants of Turkish immigrants in Germany, and there were not many big European cities where Middle Easterners could live openly without being suspected.

The Arab terrorists in the film sell Doner (Middle East shredded pork salad with bread) as a cover. First, Zhong Cheng got a trading place from Dona stall, and Xiuzhen was kidnapped by Arabs in the middle and late period. The van used also bears the logo of Doner Company. However, the director didn't notice that Arabs are actually different from Turks, and Arabs are not easy to integrate into the Berlin crowd. But what the director didn't make a mistake was that Doner was popular. It is more popular and delicious in Berlin than in other cities in Germany and Austria.

There are many scenes in Berlin, such as Potsdam Square, Grand Central Station, Friedrich Street Railway Station, Brandenburg Gate (and Balkan "refugees" begging for tourists there). However, except for the rooftop wrestling between Zhong Cheng and Zhixin at the beginning of the film, martial arts or gun battles can only be filmed indoors, which should be shot in a Korean factory scene. It is not a big scene set off by Berlin scenery, but also violates the strategy of American movies on location. American movies usually avoid secondary scenes taking real scenes abroad, but try to stage a climax in the form of real shots or fake stickers. The gunfight of "Berlin Spy" was too fierce for the Berlin city government to approve. However, roof wrestling also captured the beauty of "Der Himmel uber Berlin". It is not that the sky in Berlin is particularly beautiful, but that the buildings in Berlin are particularly short and the sky is panoramic, while Hong Kong people look up at the sky.