The Courier 4K 2020 Ultra HD 2160p

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During the Cold War, Oleg Penkovsky, Colonel of the GRU General Staff of the Ministry of Defense, contacts Greville Wynne, a British businessman and spy interested in constant contact with Moscow. The scouts agree on cooperation, not knowing how it will end for everyone.

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The film tells the story of a British businessman who helped the CIA infiltrate the Soviet nuclear program during the Cold War. Wynne and his Russian source, Oleg Penkovsky (codenamed Ironbark), provided important information that ended the Cuban missile crisis.

The movie is based on real events. 1960s. Khrushchev speaks at meetings about the end of the time of imperialism.

The Courier tells a story that needs almost no embellishment. On the eve and during the Cuban missile crisis, an ideological party member and loyal family man Colonel of the GRU Oleg Penkovsky contacted the Americans and during his espionage career handed them over 5,000 secret Soviet documents. To keep in touch with Penkovsky, the CIA and MI6 had to find an inconspicuous person - someone who would not arouse suspicion. The choice fell on the British businessman Greville Wynn. Also a loyal family man, a sales agent who sells lathes while playing golf. 'I hope you're not going to spy?' - the wife asks about his departure to the USSR. Regular working trips to Europe were commonplace for him, including in the USSR. Lonely and nocturnal Moscow streets and lanes become a meeting place for two agents. The Soviet and British delegations are beginning to exchange experience, not suspecting that they have "moles", and the "Cuban missile crisis" is "just around the corner."

The Courier is a film directed by Dominic Cook. The Moscow hotel 'Vitaliy' and the rest of the 'Russian-Soviet entourage' - it is worth noting the work of the artists - in the film there is an ascetic and cold atmosphere in everything. Before us is a cold, but nevertheless tense, and 'uplifting' narrative of a spy thriller. The strong cast of the film managed to convey all the inner and silent tension. The closed and secretive Penkovsky, played by Merab Ninidze, and the rustic and open Wynne, played by Benedict Cumberbatch - the main actors here are beautiful and deep. Also on the sidelines it is worth noting the strong work of Rachel Brosnahan, Jesse Buckley, Kirill Pirogov and Maria Mironova.