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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.Read moreLess
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.
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 & crew
Tom SkerrittStoner
Max von SydowSzaz
Helen MirrenAnna
Tom BellTulayev
Neil DudgeonVlasek
Barry CorbinBentick
Clarke PetersJones
Lou HirschBaetz
Kerry ShaleViktor
Gavan O'HerlihyClancy
Shane RimmerCast
Kenneth NelsonCastExplore the crew
- Director
- Geoff Murphy
- Writer
- Ron Hutchinson
- Director of Photography
- Elemér Ragályi
- Editor
- Peter Davies
- Producer
- John Kemeny
- Original Music Composer
- John Scott