The sound of a guitar echoing through the cold, gray streets of East Germany instantly turns the era’s political tensions into a joke. This anarchic comedy, created by Jim Abrahams and his team, blends Elvis-style rock and roll rhythms with the conventions of spy films. Nick Rivers, a popular American singer, suddenly finds himself in the midst of an underground resistance movement against the East German regime. This absurd adventure—which takes him from the spotlight to secret passages and prisons—is filled with humorous details that poke fun at the most familiar clichés of cinema history at every turn.