The Champagne Spy

Sun 13 Apr. Brandeis University, Lown 2, MS053, Waltham, 02454. Sharon P. Rivo, Executive Director, 781-899-7044, rivo@brandeis.edu. National Center for Jewish Film - [events]

SAT | APRIL 13 | 4:15 PM Meragel Hashampanyah Israel | 2007 | 91 min | Hebrew, French & German with English subtitles Director/Writer: Nadav Schirman New England Premiere Winner of the 2007 Israeli Academy Award for Best Documentary, this stylish and suspenseful film tells the strange true story of Wolfgang Lotz, the legendary 1960s Israeli Mossad agent who left behind a wife and son to infiltrate Egypt’s weapons program. Posing as a former-Nazi millionaire playboy, Lotz eventually succumbs to the fiction of his undercover identity, living a double life even as he tries to evade capture. For the first time, Lotz’s son and former Mossad handlers discuss the dark side of the spy world. Winner - John Schlesinger Award for Outstanding First Feature, Palm Spri