Farewell, the spy who loved France

Oct 24, 2019

0h 52m

★ 8.7

Overview

"The Farewell Affair" is one of the greatest espionage stories of the Cold War that will result in the accelerated fall of the USSR. It involves Vladimir Vetrov, a KGB agent put in the closet, who decides to contact the DST and deliver several lists of technological and scientific agents and secrets, which the KGB has been stealing from the countries of the Western Blocs for decades.

Genres

Documentary

Crime

Production Companies

Kalisté Productions

Tony Comiti Productions

France Télévisions

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