Classics of the Soviet Cinema: Detective. The Secret Agent’s Blunder. The Secret Agent’s Destiny. The Secret Agent’s Return. The End of Operation ‘Secret Agent’
The Secret Agent’s Blunder (Oshibka rezidenta)
1968, USSR, 134 min., black/white
Based on V. Vostokov and O. Shmelyov’s novel of the same name The first part of the cult saga about Soviet intelligence agents: “The Secret Agent’s Blunder” (1968), “The Secret Agent’s Destiny” (1970), “The Secret Agent’s Return” (1982), “The End of Operation ‘Secret Agent’” (1986).
The KGB’s Foreign Intelligence Service receives the information that a secret agent of a foreign intelligence center, the son of a White émigré, Count Tulyev, has been planted in the country…
The Secret Agent’s Destiny (Sudba rezidenta)
1970, USSR, 148 min., black/white
Soviet counterintelligence takes a decision not to stop the game with their adversary, and recruit the help of the enemy spy, Tulyev (Georgy Zhzhyonov), who is serving time in prison. The West’s intelligence center once again begins receiving coded messages signed “Hope”…
The Secret Agent’s Return (Vozvraschenie rezidenta)
1982, USSR, 129 min., color
The ‘bosses’ put their agent, who had been ‘in the clutches of KGB’, to a serious test. He fails to convince them of his loyalty. Tulyev’s stay abroad becomes dangerous, and he returns to the Soviet Union.
The End of Operation ‘Secret Agent’ (Konets operatsii “Rezident”)
1986, USSR, 137 min., color
And ending to the nationally acclaimed story (“The Secret Agent’s Blunder”, “The Secret Agent’s Destiny”, “The Secret Agent’s Return”) about a professional intelligence agent, former White Guard and Count Mikhail Tulyev. The operation “Secret Agent” that has spanned 15 years is coming to its completion…