The Red Shade (1981)

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The Red Shade on IMDb 5.1/10 31 votes

Released:
1981-10-28

Overview:
The time is the 1930s and two Soviet spies (both Frenchmen by nationality) have been helping Communist factions during the Civil War in Spain. It is the time of Stalin's iron rule in the USSR, and the two agents are suddenly called to Moscow by the KGB. Knowing that they are in trouble for no fault of their own, fear drives one of them to suicide while the other gets his lover and her child and begins a run for his life, knowing that the KGB will never let him go free.

Director:
Jean-Louis Comolli

Runtime:
1h 52min

Genre:
Drama, Thriller

  • Cast:
  • Claude Brasseur
    as
    Anton Kovetz
  • Jacques Dutronc
    as
    Léo
  • Nathalie Baye
    as
    Anna
  • Andréa Ferréol
    as
    Magda
  • Nicolas Hossein