The Last Spy is the riveting biography of 100-year-old CIA spymaster Peter Sichel, revealing for the first time the epic and unvarnished history of the US foreign intelligence service from the inside. What Sichel reveals is an extraordinary life lived at the crossroads of Western history and the shadowy world of intelligence. Born into a wealthy German Jewish family in 1922, his privileged life is shattered by Hitler’s rise to power. After his family is forced to flee to the U.S., he quickly finds himself to be a rising star in the OSS, America’s first intelligence agency.
A compelling, unfiltered account from a CIA spymaster, Sichel recounts his extraordinary life with wit and wisdom, reflecting on the obscured roots of conflicts that plague today’s world and the toll espionage took on his personal life.
Filmography: Absolute Wilson (2006), Beautopia (1998).