News: Dogwoof to release ‘The Last Spy’ in select cinemas and digital this April

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From Dogwoof, the documentary, The Last Spy, is having a release in select cinemas and on digital release on 24th April. Here’s what they had to say:

When spymaster Peter Sichel decided to write his memoir, he was discouraged by the CIA and when they returned a heavily redacted manuscript, it made the disgruntled 100-year-old more determined than ever to tell his story, in his own words.

Now Dogwoof is delighted to announce the release of THE LAST SPY, an eye-opening new feature documentary – from acclaimed filmmaker Katharina Otto-Bernstein (Mapplethorpe: Look at the Pictures, The Price of Everything, Joyland) – that shines a light on the incredible life of Peter Sichel who ‘stood at the epicentre of history’. The film is released in select cinemas and on digital from 24 April 2026.

The fascinating film hears ‘The Wunderkind’ – as he was known in the spy agency – give a rare, no-holds-barred account of the many lives he lived. Sichel shares never heard before stories, along with stark historical and political commentary, opinion, wit and wisdom, revealing how decisions made decades ago still shape our world today. Drawing on first-hand experience, his candid insights into foreign intervention and great-power rivalry offer timely context for understanding today’s complex geopolitical landscape amid escalating international tensions and global instability.

The feature follows Sichel’s escape from Nazi Germany as a Jewish refugee, to serving as the first CIA Station chief in post-war Berlin, and as an influential figure in Cold War espionage. After leaving the service he became a vintner, reviving his family’s wine company, going on to make Blue Nun one of the most iconic and successful wines of all time.

THE LAST SPY features accounts from those closest to him including wife Stella and daughters Sylvia and Bettina, along with renowned historians Peter Grose and Stephen Kinzer and authors Scott Anderson and Adam LeBor, who provide valuable insight into the historical events surrounding his life. Through rare archive footage, home movies and excerpts from the WWII drama A Decision Before Dawn – based on a real operation run by Sichel’s unit – the film bridges personal memory and global history, revealing how the covert decisions of the Cold War continue to echo in today’s geopolitical tensions and ongoing debates about democracy, power and accountability.

Peter Sichel sadly died in February 2025 at the age of 102, and now the phenomenal story of the man hailed as the Jewish James Bond is finally being told in this incredibly important, pertinent, and endlessly intriguing film.

THE LAST SPY uncovers the real world of war, escaping the Nazis, espionage, and wine from the man who experienced it all firsthand, in a portrait of a life that must be seen to be believed.