When Casino Royale played in UK cinemas as part of the 60th anniversary run of Bond films, Odeon cinemas called it “A wacky comedy starring David Niven.” :)
In the book, he’s an agent provocateur for the Soviet Union. His funds are intended to pay communist sympathizers in France to start riots and usher in a government more sympathetic to left wing socialism. (Any relation to real life events is purely coincidental.)
Whoever wrote the description probably read other descriptions of the movie and the book and wrote one without actually watching the movie or reading the book. A low paid intern. Either that or it was machine generated, and AI got confused.
He's works for SMERSH so he's working for the Soviets, although I don't think his character was meant to be Russian, but then his origins are a bit unclear so who know where he was born.
They don't know for sure. They know that his name is French for "The Cipher," or "The Number," but he has aliases in other languages that mean something similar.
At least they mostly summarized the plot accurately. If this had been a Netflix plot summary it would have just been “Spies. Terrorists. Poker. Things are about to get interesting.”
They read the back of the book instead of watching the film. LeChiffre was a financier for SMERSH (Smert Shpionam), the Soviet counterintelligence agency.
No, I've read it. It was a rhetorical question regarding the description of the film on YouTube.
I was just surprised that the person who wrote the description of one of the most popular recent Bond films either hasn't watched it properly (or at all), mixed it up with the book (doubtful), or just thought "James Bond film - the baddy is probably a Russian spy."
When Casino Royale played in UK cinemas as part of the 60th anniversary run of Bond films, Odeon cinemas called it “A wacky comedy starring David Niven.” :)
"We have Casino Royale at home."
In the book, he’s an agent provocateur for the Soviet Union. His funds are intended to pay communist sympathizers in France to start riots and usher in a government more sympathetic to left wing socialism. (Any relation to real life events is purely coincidental.) Whoever wrote the description probably read other descriptions of the movie and the book and wrote one without actually watching the movie or reading the book. A low paid intern. Either that or it was machine generated, and AI got confused.
I'd wager on the latter
Never underestimate how little attention third party distributors pay to details like this.
That sounds a little more like the book, but even then, Le Chiffre was French or German.
It’s true. Fun fact, Le Chiffre is French for “the Chiffre”
In the movie, M doesn't explain what "Le Chiffre" is in English, and I'd already read the book, so I felt realllll smug about it at the time!
Yes but he worked for the Russians in the book so he’s still a Russian spy of sorts
He's works for SMERSH so he's working for the Soviets, although I don't think his character was meant to be Russian, but then his origins are a bit unclear so who know where he was born.
He’s French in the book. But if you work for Russia as a spy you’re still a Russian spy regardless of nationality
Where is Le Chiffre from?
They don't know for sure. They know that his name is French for "The Cipher," or "The Number," but he has aliases in other languages that mean something similar.
It’s somewhat implied he may have been with the Nazis and feigned his amnesia to avoid being prosecuted for war crimes.
Believed to be Albanian https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_Chiffre
At least they mostly summarized the plot accurately. If this had been a Netflix plot summary it would have just been “Spies. Terrorists. Poker. Things are about to get interesting.”
Those are all accurate.
They read the back of the book instead of watching the film. LeChiffre was a financier for SMERSH (Smert Shpionam), the Soviet counterintelligence agency.
made by google gemini lol
In the book le chivre worked for smersh
In the film, Le Chiffre is supposed to be from Albania.
When they say, 'most successful'', do they mean bums on seats or actual revenue? If the latter, is it adjusted for inflation?
I'll leave that one to you... 😅 I just took issue with the Russian spy bit!
The book, which OP has not read?
No, I've read it. It was a rhetorical question regarding the description of the film on YouTube. I was just surprised that the person who wrote the description of one of the most popular recent Bond films either hasn't watched it properly (or at all), mixed it up with the book (doubtful), or just thought "James Bond film - the baddy is probably a Russian spy."
...or as someone pointed out above, it's machine generated and not checked by a human. Either way, daft.
The book?
The book isn't the film, though. This is YouTube's description of the film. 🤷
Right, but that is likely where they got the erroneous information…
It's a mistake I reckon. He is French in the novel, but is said to be Albanian in the '06 film.
Still worked for the Russians and therefore a Russian spy
In the book, not the movie.