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Plot. In 1960, Oleg Penkovsky, a high ranking Soviet official and GRU intelligence officer with access to top secret nuclear information, is disillusioned with Khrushchev's leadership in light of the growing threat of a nuclear war with the United States.
In the shadow of the Cold War a letter from Oleg Penkovsky (Merab Ninidze), an agent of the Soviet Union, is received by MI6 stating the concern of Penkovsky about world safety and his anxiety about a nuclear war.
The Courier: Directed by Dominic Cooke. With Vladimir Chuprikov, Merab Ninidze, James Schofield, Fred Haig. Businessman Greville Wynne is asked by a Russian source to try to help put an end to the Cuban Missile Crisis.
THE COURIER is a true-life spy thriller, the story of an unassuming British businessman Greville Wynne (Benedict Cumberbatch) recruited into one of the greatest international conflicts in history.
The Courier is a film directed by Dominic Cooke with Benedict Cumberbatch, Rachel Brosnahan, Jessie Buckley, Merab Ninidze .... Year: 2020. Original title: The Courier. Synopsis: The true story of a British businessman unwittingly recruited into one of the greatest international conflicts in history.
17 mar 2021 · 111 minutes ‧ PG-13 ‧ 2021. Odie Henderson. March 17, 2021. 5 min read. “The Courier” will evoke memories of prior spy movies and the tropes they often employ. More specifically, you may be reminded of the superior Cold War-era spy-swapping 2015 film, “ Bridge of Spies.”.
The film stars Benedict Cumberbatch as Greville Wynne, and is based on the true story of a British businessman who was recruited by the Secret Intelligence Service to be a message conduit with Russian spy source Oleg Penkovsky in the 1960s.
