Lizzo Day 222

Meragel Ha-Shampaniya otherwise known as The Champagne Spy [2007] is a must see documentary, for the fun of it, for the sake of it, for the irony of it; it covers the life & style of a certain Wolfgang Lotz, known at the time

as a wealthy German horse breeder with an engaging habit of sending champagne and other lavish gifts to well-placed friends. They thought of him as an ex-Wehrmacht captain in Rommel's Afrika Korps who later made a fortune in Australia. [...] To the astonishment of his Egyptian friends, the rusty-haired Lotz was disclosed in 1965 to be an Israeli spy. Lotz's explanation was persuasive enough to save his life. He joined the Israelis, he said, because they had threatened to reveal his Nazi past to the Bonn authorities. Besides, there was the convincing detail that he was uncircumcised. [...]

as Time had nicely summarised. Yet this is just the beginning of the presentation of Lotz's eventful existence, as the double life reference gives little insight to the facts; a more correct reference would be that to paralleling existences, at least up to the point of no return: his disclosure. Mind you, the story telling refers to events ocurring during, amongst others, the Dix-Day War and it references to, amongst others, Mossad's staff personal impresions v actual actions [or lack thereof].
It's equally a sample of what embodying a character for too long may lead to - if the circumstances are suitable.
The best thing about this? It's a real life, as documented.