Who is your favorite Russian agent?
I’ll go with Severn Darden as V. I. Kydor Kropotkin in the satirical gem from 1967 “The President’s Analyst”. I’d seen this film as a kid, but could only remember two scenes from it and the overall arc of the story. A film blogger reminded me of it recently and spoke in such glowing terms that I had to see it again. Glad I did.
Who else had a good turn as a commie spy?
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Gosh. I'm drawing a blank on Russian spies. Do Boris and Natasha count?
Let me think on this, comrade.
Yeah, me too.
Well, in that case maybe we will have to plan on having a nice little piece of espionage from the Cold War era to follow up on this fascist bit.
I wonder if we could find a Soviet film featuring scheming CIA agents. I don’t think I’ve ever seen such.
Remember the Spectre agent in "From Russia, with Love"? I had to look her up ... the character was Rosa Klebb, played by Lotte Lenya, who was recognized in the Tony and Academy awards for other roles.
The evil Klebb couldn't decide whether she wanted to beat or seduce the Bond girl in her clutches ...
What about "Octopussy"?
No snickering.
A Russian espionage movie MUST include a Faberge egg, no?
Octopussy was one of my guilty-pleasure movies as a kid. (Not the pussy part.) A spy who escapes via an unraveling dress? A chase to prevent a bomb from blowing up a circus! A badass clan of female fighters? C'mon, kc. You had to like that movie.
I liked the pussy part.
(joke)
Snicker-snicker.
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