Das Mercury Puzzle

A Washington hotel room, autumn rain, a payphone rings. A rogue agent and a young autistic boy are on the run, the code is broken, danger closes in. Becker grounds high stakes in a small unlikely bond.

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Harold Becker directed Das Mercury Puzzle in 1998. See Harold Becker's full filmography, where to start with Harold Becker, or where to go after you've seen everything by Harold Becker.

Das Mercury Puzzle was released in 1998 (EN original-language production), with a runtime of 111 minutes.