The Handmaiden
2016 · Thriller · Drama
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Film / 1989
Red King, White Knight
Directed by
Geoff Murphy
The CIA hears of a KGB scheme to assassinate the Soviet General Secretary and enlists Stoner, an agent retired for 10 years, to go to Russia to investigate. He verifies the plot, but then has trouble leaving the country. In the meantime, the U.S. policy makers struggle over whether or not to inform the Soviets of the plot. Stoner's problems are complicated by the renewal of an affair with Anna, a Russian, as he tries …
The story
The CIA hears of a KGB scheme to assassinate the Soviet General Secretary and enlists Stoner, an agent retired for 10 years, to go to Russia to investigate. He verifies the plot, but then has trouble leaving the country. In the meantime, the U.S. policy makers struggle over whether or not to inform the Soviets of the plot. Stoner's problems are complicated by the renewal of an affair with Anna, a Russian, as he tries to convince her to defect.
Cast
Tom SkerrittStoner
Max von SydowSzaz
Helen MirrenAnna
Tom BellTulayev
Neil DudgeonVlasek
Barry CorbinBentick
Clarke PetersJones
Lou HirschBaetz
Kerry ShaleViktor
Gavan O'HerlihyClancy
Shane Rimmer
Kenneth Nelson
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