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Aggiungi una trama nella tua linguaA Soviet diplomat hatches a complicated plan to enable him to defect to the West.A Soviet diplomat hatches a complicated plan to enable him to defect to the West.A Soviet diplomat hatches a complicated plan to enable him to defect to the West.
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- QuizThe date in which the most sophisticated and deadly spy network in the world advised the President of the United States to step outside all legal channels to preserve the security of the country was October 15, 1972. The date in which they thought they may have made an incredible mistake was September 15, 1973.
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Mrs. Annabel Lee: If you want to know about men's work, talk to his wife. And if you want to know about his wife, talk to his mistress. But when a man wants to make love, he doesn't talk about missiles. He makes love. And then he snores.
- ConnessioniReferenced in Killer: Episodio #1.2 (1983)
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Released in some territories rather childishly as 'Night Flight from Moscow', Yul Brynner plays Vlassov, a Russian colonel who wishes to defect to the US. The forces of the secret services in the US, lead by CIA head Davies (Henry Fonda) are interested but hesitant, until Brynner provides the names of senior officials in the governments of France, England, Germany and in NATO who he says are working for Russia as spies. A series of investigations follows.
This was rather more sophisticated and overall far more enjoyable than I expecting. Aside from the draw of a stellar cast with Brynner, Fonda and especially Philippe Noiret and Dirk Bogarde who are both terrific, this is a fascinating, dark cold war thriller reminiscent of John Le Carre, so largely free of big action pieces but full of twists and turns, leading to a believable and satisfying conclusion. In addition, the score is unsurprisingly beautiful, composed as it by Ennio Morricone.
On the downside there is some truly crass uncalled for narration and a few below par performances. One word of warning, this is an international come euro pudding production set in a number of countries using their native languages, which is absolutely fine. Be careful though which version you catch as it's not as easy as turning subtitles on as you're going to end up with Fonda, Brynner and co speaking English with English subtitles which is desperately annoying unless you want to switch them on and off throughout the film. A underrated good old fashioned thriller though - well worth a look.
This was rather more sophisticated and overall far more enjoyable than I expecting. Aside from the draw of a stellar cast with Brynner, Fonda and especially Philippe Noiret and Dirk Bogarde who are both terrific, this is a fascinating, dark cold war thriller reminiscent of John Le Carre, so largely free of big action pieces but full of twists and turns, leading to a believable and satisfying conclusion. In addition, the score is unsurprisingly beautiful, composed as it by Ennio Morricone.
On the downside there is some truly crass uncalled for narration and a few below par performances. One word of warning, this is an international come euro pudding production set in a number of countries using their native languages, which is absolutely fine. Be careful though which version you catch as it's not as easy as turning subtitles on as you're going to end up with Fonda, Brynner and co speaking English with English subtitles which is desperately annoying unless you want to switch them on and off throughout the film. A underrated good old fashioned thriller though - well worth a look.
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- Night Flight from Moscow
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- Tempo di esecuzione2 ore 4 minuti
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