This book examines the evolution of European political identities through the prism of the rise and decline of a wave of cinema that converted conflict into spectacle. Between 1962 and 1975, over five hundred spy films were produced in Europe, most of them co-productions involving companies from multiple countries, crews with diverse national backgrounds, and/or location shooting across and beyond the continent. They depicted common threats, intra- and intercontinental mobility, and cooperation or competition between states, as the protagonists – like the film crews – travelled around the world and collaborated with foreign partners. Moreover, not only were these films widely distributed (even crossing the so-called ‘iron curtain’), but also reimagined through the ways they were promoted, dubbed, subtitled, censored, perceived, and appropriated. By analysing the interplay between off- and onscreen dynamics, the book sheds a new light on the contradictions and transformations of Cold War detente, European integration, and formal decolonisation.