QWas any of "Torn Curtain" actually filmed behind the Iron Curtain?
ANo. Much of the movie was filmed on a Universal lot in Hollywood with some scenes and exterior shots taken in Denmark and West Germany. Even the sets for the Berlin Museum were comprised almost entirely of matte paintings by matte artist Albert Whitlock.
QWas the ballerina a real ballerina?
AYes. That was Tamara Tumanova, known as "The Black Pearl of the Russian Ballet." Born in Russia, she and her mother defected and wound up in Paris where Tumanova studied ballet, eventually joining George Balanchine's Ballets Russes de Monte Carlo when she was just 13 years old.
QWhat was in the missing scene?
AThe missing scene consisted of Michael and Sarah touring a factory. They are approached by a man who introduces himself as Gromek's brother (same actor in a white wig with a moustache). The brother cuts some sausages for them, using a big butcherknife, like the one that was used to kill Gromek. The brother tells them that Gromek had three children. Armstrong appears to be filled with guilt and angst. Why this scene was cut is unknown. Two possibilities are that it made Armstrong look like a bad guy or Kieling's makeup was so good that the viewing audience didn't realize he was supposed to be Gromek's brother. At any rate, the footage is presumed lost.
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