The read
It runs a compact 1h 10m.
Synopsis
An unfinished film by Oleksandr Dovzhenko, the film is a political lampoon based on the book entitled The Truth about US Diplomats, written in 1949 by the American writer Annabel Bukar. It exposes the underhanded actions of US Embassy personnel in Moscow at the onset of the Cold War. Dovzhenko managed to shoot only a half of the film, mainly the scenes that take place in the American Embassy.
Ratings
IMDb6/10
6 audience votes
Key crew
- Alexander DovzhenkoDirector
- Alexander DovzhenkoScreenplay
- Dmitri ShostakovichOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Liliya GritsenkoAnna Badford
- Nikolai GritsenkoArmand Haward
- Yuri LyubimovCast
- Lyudmila ShagalovaCast
- Grigoriy ShpigelCast
- Gotlib RoninsonCast
- Yan YanakiyevCast
- Rostislav YurenevHimself (introduction)
- Aleksandr PolinskiyMurrow
- Nikolay KorshunovOfficer in the embassy
- Konstantin MikhailovRobert Divers