The Operative (film)

The Operative is an 2019 internationally co-produced thriller film, written and directed by Yuval Adler. It stars Diane Kruger, Martin Freeman and Cas Anvar.

It had its world premiere at the Berlin International Film Festival on February 10, 2019.

Cast

 * Diane Kruger as Rachel
 * Martin Freeman as Thomas
 * Cas Anvar as Farhad
 * Liron Levo as Dan
 * Yaakov Zada Daniel as Aran
 * Ohad Knoller as Stephen

Production
In February 2018, it was announced Diane Kruger and Eric Bana had joined the cast of the film, with Yuval Adler directing from a screenplay he wrote. Eitan Mansuri, Anne Carey, Michael Weber and Viola Fügen will serve as producers on the film under their Spiro Films, Archer Gray, Match Factory Productions banners, while Teddy Schwarzman will serve as an executive producer under his Black Bear Pictures banner. In May 2018, Cas Anvar and Martin Freeman joined the cast of the film, replacing Bana.

Release
The film had its world premiere at the Berlin International Film Festival on February 10, 2019. Shortly after, Vertical Entertainment acquired distribution rights to the film.