Overview

At the height of the cold war, a known Russian spy ("Kyril") is sent to the UK under falsely reported pretenses in order to hopefully indirectly spark an unknown mole in the KGB to reveal himself; the endeavor eventually has repercussions which none of the initial players could have predicted.

Genres

Cast

Ian Charleson

Ivan Bucharensky - 'Kyril'

Edward Woodward

Michael Royston

Joss Ackland

'C'

Richard E. Grant

Laurence Sculby

John McEnery

Loshkevoi

Denholm Elliott

Povin

Peter Vaughan

Marshal Stanov

Espen Skjønberg

General Michaelov

James Laurenson

Sikarov

Sven-Bertil Taube

Stolynovitch

Catherine Neilson

Emma

Hugh Fraser

Peter Jackson