Militæranalytikeren Jack Ryan arbejder for CIA, og ved en masse om ubåde. Russeren Marko er kaptajn på sin egen hypermoderne ubåd, og den vil han bruge til at hoppe af til vesten. Alle tror, at Marko vil starte 3. Verdenskrig, bortset fra Jack, der gennemskuer russerens virkelige intentioner. Og så får Jack travlt med at forhindere ragnarok
Briternes efterretningstjeneste får nys om, at en russisk oberst ønsker at hoppe af i Berlin. Den hornbrillebærende cockneyagent Harry Palmer sendes ind i Østberlin, hvor han arrangerer en skinbegravelse for oberst Stok, så han kan smugle 'liget' over til Vesten. Men da optoget krydser grænseposten, finder Palmer og hans lokale kontakt, Vulkan, en tysk gangster i kisten!
Under stor dramatik hopper guldmedaljeindehaveren Erich Bogar af det østtyske hold i moderne femkamp under OL i 1984, og søger politisk asyl i USA. Han håber på et bedre liv væk fra de Stasi-agenter, der fulgte hvert skridt han tog. Men det bliver ikke som han havde tænkt sig. Flere år efter er det tidligere Stasi stadig på jagt efter Erich, trods at Berlinmuren er faldet, og at Øst- og Vesttyskland er genforenet. De vil have sin hævn. En aften ringer Erichs far, og siger at han har modtaget dødstrusler. "De" er tilbage, og de vil have fat på Erich til enhver pris. Hvis ikke, skal hans familie betale med livet for hans flugt.
The story of Rudolf Nureyev, whose escape to the West stunned the world at the height of the Cold War. With his magnetic presence, Nureyev emerged as ballet’s most famous star, a wild and beautiful dancer limited by the world of 1950s Leningrad. His flirtation with Western artists and ideas led him into a high-stakes game of cat and mouse with the KGB.
I 1950'ernes Moskva begynder kommunisten Katya (Rebecca Ferguson) at spionere for amerikanerne. Hendes job er at lokke hemmeligheder ud af embedsmanden Alexander (Sam Reid), men undervejs bliver hun forelsket i ham. 40 år senere møder vi pigen Lauren (også Rebecca Ferguson), og vi møder en ældre Alexander (nu spillet af Charles Dance). Hvad skete der egentlig med hans forhold til Katya for mange år siden? Og hvad er Laurens forbindelse til Alexander?
In the winter of 2013, Yong-jun and Jae-sung, a member of the Korean People’s Army, are caught having sex by a superior. After that, Yong-jun decides to defect from North Korea to the South leaving Jae-sung behind. Yong-jun risks his life to step on the land of freedom and meets Tae-kyu. Two years after, Jae-sung comes over to the South, and Yong-jun must decide between Jae-sung and Tae-kyu. This causes misunderstandings and puts them in pain.
An insight into the life of the world's most famous male dancer, Rudolf Nureyev.
The owner of an impoverished circus in Communist-ruled Czechoslovokia plots to flee across the border to freedom, taking his entire troupe of performers and wild animals with him.
A local doctor is recruited as a cold war spy to fulfill a very important secret mission in the Middle East, only to experience that his mission is complicated by a sexy female double agent.
A high-ranking Polish politburo member is banished from the party, and must find out why. Set in 1979 Poland before the Solidarity events.
An American foreign exchange student in Ireland, Rich Evans (Kurt Russell), gets caught up in espionage when a dying man gives him a message to pass to his older brother, who is an American intelligence agent unbeknownst to Rich. Rich and his friend are then kidnapped by an Eastern Bloc agent pretending to be from the American Embassy in the hopes that they will lead him to a scientist who is attempting to defect to the West. Originally aired in 3 parts on 'Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color' TV series, then re-edited into a theatrical feature in Europe under the title, 'The Secret of Boyne Castle.'
Based on the true story of the attempted defection in 1970 by a Lithuanian seaman seeking political asylum in the United States. Kudirka was denied asylum and returned to the Soviets, charged with treason, and sentenced to ten years of hard labor. It was later discovered and verified that his mother had been born in Brooklyn and gone to Lithuania at a young age, which meant she was a U. S. citizen. As a result, Kudirka was declared a U. S. citizen and in 1974 released by the Soviets.
Actress Coral Browne travels to Moscow, and meets a mysterious Englishman. Turns out he's the notorious spy, Guy Burgess. Based on a true story, with Ms. Browne playing herself.
I 1963, da Den kolde Krig var på sit højeste, bordede en veluddannet englænder ved navn Kim Philby et russisk fragtskib i Beirut og hoppede af til Moskva for næsen af den britiske efterretningstjeneste. I næsten 30 år havde han været sovjetisk spion - mens han havde ledende job i den britiske efterretningstjeneste MI6. Men her 50 år efter afføder den dramatiske afhopning stadig flere spørgsmål end svar. Tilstod Philby, og var hans flugt en del af også briternes plan? Og hvad var der med den britiske overklasse, der gjorde den så sårbar over for KGB´s infiltrering?