Talk about film on film, put right and wrong aside

Lennie 2022-03-11 08:01:41

First of all, this is a real event. The British businessman and Russian colonel Pankovsky played by Cuan Fu are real, and the general story is also true, but the details may have the credit of the screenwriter.

The plot is not too tense and tortuous, but fortunately, the two protagonists and the actor who plays Cuan Fu's wife are natural acting, especially the slightly fat businessman before Cuan Fu and the thin and out of shape when he was released from prison, which are completely synonymous with dedication.

Since it is an adaptation of real events, in fact, the details should be better and more rigorous. It was said in the play that in the Soviet Union at that time, everyone could be the one monitoring you. In this case, Pankowski and Greville dared to openly talk about intelligence and defections in the streets, in underground passages, etc. The situation, and after Greville returned to London, he also met publicly with the female spy of MI6 and the CIA and talked about top-secret intelligence. Are you afraid that there are Soviet spies in London?

Whether it was Pankowski's intelligence that solved the Cuban missile crisis is uncertain, and it is also doubtful whether Khrushchev was so fat and stupid.

In the end, the means by which the CIA transferred Pankowski was too amateurish and completely child's play. To escape by running, to meet by hiding?

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  • Ronny 2022-03-16 09:01:09

    After watching the premiere, Swan Lake and the last two spy prisons were very restrained at first sight, and these two scenes were particularly good. The Soviet actor who played Pankowski was great. The two leaders of CIA and MI6 are very fake. It's not a small sacrifice for Cun Fu to be de-phased for this piece.

  • Bianka 2022-03-19 09:01:10

    The United States has placed a circle of missiles around Maozi, and Maozi traitors do not feel that the United States threatens world peace. Maozi wants to deploy missiles in the American backyard. Maozi traitors suddenly become internationalist, suddenly love peace, and suddenly feel Maozi threatens world peace.

The Courier quotes

  • Oleg Penkovsky: Now the most important question, if you want to do business in Moscow, I need to know.

    Greville Wynne: Yes?

    Oleg Penkovsky: Can you hold your alcohol?

    Greville Wynne: [leans forward] It's my one true gift.

    [they both laugh and finish their spirits in one gulp]

  • Title Card: By 1960, the nuclear arms race had intensified. The United States and Soviet Union now possessed weapons capable of wiping out humanity.

    Title Card: As Khrushchev and his American counterparts traded threats, many feared that the world was on the verge of imminent destruction.