Sentences with phrase «soviet spy»

First there was the Cambridge Four — a Soviet spy ring at the top echelons of British intelligence, comprised of Cambridge graduates (Philby, Burgess, Maclean, Blunt).

His latest project, «The Archivist's Wig,» 2007 — 2008, a layered combination of found and fabricated photographs, wallpaper, and sculpture, takes as its subject the life and times of the notorious gay cold war double agent Guy Burgess (1911 — 1963), a British diplomat turned Soviet spy and defector.

He's been saddled with a no - win case, defending alleged Soviet spy Rudolf Abel (Rylance), a soft - spoken artist who cinches his belt too tightly above the waistline and adopts the look of a nerd rather than a threatening agent.

But it's worth seeing for Mark Rylance who's excellent as the quiet Soviet spy.

Following the exploits of a former ballerina turned Soviet spy, this adaptation of denied - area CIA Ops expert Jason Matthews» first entry into the «Sparrow Trilogy» is an ice cold procedural, where bodies become little more than tools for the state, in a flesh for secrets game that leaves everyone who plays physically and spiritually damaged.

He's a Soviet spy who's been captured and arrested for conspiracy to commit espionage.

Bridge of Spies (Disney, Blu - ray, DVD, Digital HD, VOD), Steven Spielberg's cold war drama, stars Tom Hanks as insurance attorney James B. Donovan, an American idealist asked to represent Rudolf Abel (Mark Rylance), a Soviet spy captured by the CIA in 1957 and given a public trial.

Tom Hanks is perfect as a Capra-esque voice of reason, and Mark Rylance likewise as the imprisoned Soviet spy he is tasked with defending.

In an uncanny parallel with this first Oscar nomination as Soviet spy Rudolf Abel in the Cold War drama «Bridge of Spies,» Rylance's first on - camera appearance was in 1985's «Wallenberg: A Hero's Story,» a TV movie about a Swedish diplomat who saved thousands of lives during the Holocaust.

Tom Hanks stars as American insurance lawyer James Donovan, a man surreptitiously handpicked by his boss (Alan Alda) to defend an alleged Soviet spy.

James B. Donovan (Tom Hanks), a simple lawyer, was tasked with creating a case to allow the US government to release the Soviet spy without jail time - a request that seemed almost impossible in the face of Cold War prejudice.

Mark Rylance, who won an Oscar for his portrayal of a Soviet spy in Spielberg's 2015 film «Bridge of Spies,» wonderfully inhabits the CGI character of the BFG, a gentle giant, the runt of his pack, who spends his time catching dreams and blowing them into bedrooms at night.

Playing a Soviet spy opposite Henry Cavill's dubiously - accented (but otherwise well - performed) American and Alicia Vikander's nebulous free agent, Hammer was funny, sexy, and used his lanky figure to perfect advantage.

With the government deciding upon malicious ends for their underwater prisoner, Elisa enlists closeted neighbor Giles (Richard Jenkins), Soviet spy / scientist Dmitri / Bob (Michael Stuhlbarg) and sassy co-worker Zelda (Octavia Spencer) to help save her newfound love.

Director Francis Lawrence has reconnected with his «Hunger Games» star Jennifer Lawrence for a dark espionage thriller about a Soviet spy ring called «sparrows.»

«Bridge» is based on a true story in which lawyer James Donovan (portrayed by Mr. Hanks in «Bridge») takes on the job of defending Rudolf Abel (Mark Rylance), a suspected Soviet spy.

Rylance played real - life Soviet spy Rudolf Abel in the film, which follows American laywer James B. Donovan's (Tom Hanks) efforts to represent the spy during his trial and eventual prisoner exchange.

Actor Mark Rylance took home the award for supporting male for his work in «Bridge of Spies,» the newest release from the prolific Steven Spielberg, which centers on a Cold War — era lawyer (Tom Hanks) who's saddled with the task of trading a Soviet spy for a captured American pilot.

,» the newest release from the prolific Steven Spielberg, which centers on a Cold War — era lawyer (Tom Hanks) who's saddled with the task of trading a Soviet spy for a captured American pilot.

And is it true that the dead woman was a Soviet spy?

Jack Jones, Soviet spy: Special investigation reveals how union boss sold secrets to the KGB for 45 years.

The «Russia House» with Michelle Pfeiffer, Russian Bond girl Olga Kurylenko in «Quantum of Solace», a great spy thriller «Salt» with Angelina Jolie and «Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy» with Svetlana Khodchenkova as a Soviet Spy add to this notorious image.

Set at the height of the Cold War, the French Secret Service alerts the US and President Reagan to the activities of a Soviet spy, Sergei Gregoriev (Kusturica), high up in the KGB, who is smuggling out extensive details of the KGB's intelligence - gathering capabilities.

The catch, of course, is that he's supposed to arrange for the release of a Soviet spy — something that will make him one of the most reviled men in the country.

U.S. and Soviet spies during the Cold War assumed it wasn't just their enemy but their own government keeping tabs on them, so maybe this really isn't paranoia at all, but just the facts of life in the brave new world of meta data - crunching by the world's superpowers.

Soviet spies were of the left generally, they supported liberal causes, they defended the Soviet Union in all circumstances, they were often secret members of the Communist Party, they were uniformly suspicious of American initiatives throughout the world, they could be contemptuous of American democracy, society, and culture, and, above all, their offenses were often minimized or explained away by apologists who felt that no man should be called traitor who did what he did for the cause of humanity.

FX's spy thriller, about two Soviet spies who go deep undercover in 1980s Washington D.C., is one of the...

But there was still no explanation as to why Mom seemed to be losing her grip on reality, why she thought her mother was trying to kill her and the neighbors were Soviet spies.

Ludicrous thriller that sees sky diving instructor Charlie Sheen battling soviet spies.

Still, audiences are subjected to the bloody execution of two Soviet spies, close - range gunfire, brief views of grainy homemade porno films, some sexual comments and a strong expletive.

His is among the quietest lead performances on television, but Rhys, along with co-star Keri Russell, conveys the moral, ideological, and familial dilemmas facing deep - cover Soviet spies Philip and Elizabeth Jennings with remarkable power and precision.

This half - fish - half - man (Doug Jones) is tortured by his captor (Michael Shannon) and pursued by Soviet spies.

Farewell (Unrated) Timely espionage thriller, based on the real - life exploits of a KGB defector (Emir Kusturica) who handed over a list of Soviet spies to French President Francois Mitterand (Philippe Magnan) at the height of the Cold War.

I co-authored the novel with the Pulitzer - Prize nominated Churchill Biographer James C. Humes and spent months reading Winston Churchill's memoirs, accounts of the events leading up to the Iron Curtain speech; composing his speech in the British embassy in Washington; facts about Soviet spies who had penetrated the embassy during the war; the relationship between Churchill and his lone bodyguard.

Americans Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, accused of being Soviet spies, are at the center of Jill Cantor's novel, The Hours Count.

WRT the Soviet spies, that is maybe the only time in history that I have seen a full measure of satisfaction.

-- That he lied about his war service: He was a tailgunner in World War II; — That he was a drunk: He would generally nurse a single drink all night; — That he made the whole thing up: He produced loads of Soviet spies in government jobs; — That he just did it for political gain: He understood perfectly the godless evil of communism.

And that record was to treat Soviet spies like members of the Hasty Pudding Club.

Not exact matches

The area was photographed with American reconnaissance assets to better assess what the Soviet Union's spy satellites might be able to discern.

In fact, he says, before there was was Silicon Valley, there was Microwave Valley, which specialized in electronic intelligence — spying on Soviets air defenses, basically — and the seed capital for it came exclusively from the CIA and military.

Britain, which understandably objects to having its sovereignty violated for an assassination attempt with a flashy Soviet - era nerve agent, would appear to be in good company this week: at least 24 nations expelled Russian diplomats Monday in a show of solidarity against the Kremlin's likely poisoning of former Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yuliya in Salisbury earlier this month.

Radosh argues that her «aggressive counter vision» to the old leftist narrative, in which witch - hunting McCarthyism was the real problem and the Soviet Union never sent spies, drew them approval, and understandably enough.

He noted that, in the previous weeks, he had dealt with a minor crisis over a US spy plane shot down by the Soviets, negotiations with the US about stationing Polaris submarines in the Clyde, fishery disputes with Iceland, alarmist Treasury papers on the economy, the reconstruction of the cabinet and a decision to build the new liner Queen Elizabeth II.

Over the past week some Tory - supporting publications have published a string of completely false and ridiculous smears, calling Labour politicians traitors and linking them with Soviet bloc spies.

Established in 1909 to deal with the Kaiser's spies, MI5 was narrowly saved from abolition after World War I by the rise of Soviet Russia followed by Nazi Germany.

Telepathic spies: One of the agency's most infamous blunders was its 1970s psychic spy program, inspired by reports that the Soviets were researching the area.

A sort of miniature space shuttle, Dream Chaser is based on a plane - like spacecraft that NASA itself designed in the 1980s, inspired by spy photos of a Soviet prototype.

America's first generation of spy satellites, launched between 1959 and 1972 to check on Soviet missile installations, were equipped with 70 mm cameras.

IN 1982, an Australian spy plane snapped photographs of a miniature space shuttle being fished out of the Indian Ocean by a Soviet ship.

The spy satellites gave the West a vital view of events in the Soviet Union and China.