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The Spy is a 2012 Russian spy film, an adaptation of Boris Akunin's novel The Spy Novel (Шпионский роман). It was directed by Alexey Andrianov, the film stars Danila Kozlovsky and Fyodor Bondarchuk. Akunin adapted his own novel. It had one of the largest film budgets in Russian history. Plot The movie is set in the year 1941, months before the German invasion of Russia. The two protagonists, NKVD officers Dorin and Oktyabrsky, are hunting a German Abwehr spy in Moscow. They believe their success might reveal Adolf Hitler's plans and the exact date of invasion. It is implied that Dorin is a distant relative of Erast Fandorin, the most popular character of Akunin's books. Cast Danila Kozlovsky as Yegor Dorin, State Security Officer Fyodor Bondarchuk as Alexey Oktyabrsky, Senior Major of State Security, Head of Dorin Anna Chipovskaya as Nadezhda 'Nadya' Viktoriya Tolstoganova as Iraida Petrakovich Sergey Gazarov as People's Commissar Vladimir Epifantsev as senior security lieutenant Kogan Andrey Merzlikin as radio operator Karpenko Viktor Verzhbitsky as Lezhava, a member of the NKVD Ekaterina Melnik as Lyubov Serova Dmitry Nazarov as Nadya's dad Mikhail Filippov as Leader Oleksiy Gorbunov as Selentsov, Vasser's Connector Boris Kamorzin as Lyalin, chauffeur of the NKVD Alexander Kuznetsov as NKVD officer Eckie Hoffman as Adolf Hitler Edgar Bölke as Admiral Wilhelm Canaris Felix Schultess as driver of Admiral Wilhelm Canaris Maksim Maltsev as Golovasty

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Notable quotes

“Because something is not what it is said to be, Ma'am, does not mean it is a fake. It may just have been wrongly attributed.”
— Alan Bennett, in A Question of Attribution; said by Anthony Blunt
“Mrs O'Grady has been sentenced to death. Personally I doubt whether she is guilty of anything more than collecting information. She probably pictured herself as a master spy, and cannot bring herself to say that there was really nothing behind it all.”
— Guy Liddell, (17 December 1940)
“The Espionage Act is being abused by the government to selectively prosecute sources and whistleblowers.”
— Laura Poitras, The Intercept, "Open Letter", (January 14, 2021)
“No spy, however astute, is proof against relentless interrogation. Some unforseen circumstance, some trivial lapse, is pounced upon, exploited by the interrogator, until a break is complete.”
— Lt-Col Robin Stephens in Camp 020: MI5 and the Nazi spies (2000) by the Public Record Office, p. 105
“Indeed, there may well be many who will agree that death by hanging is almost too good for a sailor who will encompass the death of thousands of his shipmates without qualm.”
— Lt-Col Robin Stephens, Camp 020: MI5 and the Nazi spies (2000) by the Public Record Office, p. 198
“To MI5, if you steam this open you are dirty buggers.”
— Anonymous letter sent to a prominent member of the Communist Party of Great Britain; quoted in "Spycatcher" (1987) by Peter Wright, p. 46

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Overview

The Spy is a 2012 Russian spy film, an adaptation of Boris Akunin's novel The Spy Novel (Шпионский роман). It was directed by Alexey Andrianov, the film stars Danila Kozlovsky and Fyodor Bondarchuk. Akunin adapted his own novel. It had one of the largest film budgets in Russian history. Plot The movie is set in the year 1941, months before the German invasion of Russia. The two protagonists, NKVD officers Dorin and Oktyabrsky, are hunting a German Abwehr spy in Moscow. They believe their success might reveal Adolf Hitler's plans and the exact date of invasion. It is implied that Dorin is a distant relative of Erast Fandorin, the most popular character of Akunin's books. Cast Danila Kozlovsky as Yegor Dorin, State Security Officer Fyodor Bondarchuk as Alexey Oktyabrsky, Senior Major of State Security, Head of Dorin Anna Chipovskaya as Nadezhda 'Nadya' Viktoriya Tolstoganova as Iraida Petrakovich Sergey Gazarov as People's Commissar Vladimir Epifantsev as senior security lieutenant Kogan Andrey Merzlikin as radio operator Karpenko Viktor Verzhbitsky as Lezhava, a member of the NKVD Ekaterina Melnik as Lyubov Serova Dmitry Nazarov as Nadya's dad Mikhail Filippov as Leader Oleksiy Gorbunov as Selentsov, Vasser's Connector Boris Kamorzin as Lyalin, chauffeur of the NKVD Alexander Kuznetsov as NKVD officer Eckie Hoffman as Adolf Hitler Edgar Bölke as Admiral Wilhelm Canaris Felix Schultess as driver of Admiral Wilhelm Canaris Maksim Maltsev as Golovasty

From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Notable quotes

“Because something is not what it is said to be, Ma'am, does not mean it is a fake. It may just have been wrongly attributed.”
— Alan Bennett, in A Question of Attribution; said by Anthony Blunt
“Mrs O'Grady has been sentenced to death. Personally I doubt whether she is guilty of anything more than collecting information. She probably pictured herself as a master spy, and cannot bring herself to say that there was really nothing behind it all.”
— Guy Liddell, (17 December 1940)
“The Espionage Act is being abused by the government to selectively prosecute sources and whistleblowers.”
— Laura Poitras, The Intercept, "Open Letter", (January 14, 2021)
“No spy, however astute, is proof against relentless interrogation. Some unforseen circumstance, some trivial lapse, is pounced upon, exploited by the interrogator, until a break is complete.”
— Lt-Col Robin Stephens in Camp 020: MI5 and the Nazi spies (2000) by the Public Record Office, p. 105
“Indeed, there may well be many who will agree that death by hanging is almost too good for a sailor who will encompass the death of thousands of his shipmates without qualm.”
— Lt-Col Robin Stephens, Camp 020: MI5 and the Nazi spies (2000) by the Public Record Office, p. 198
“To MI5, if you steam this open you are dirty buggers.”
— Anonymous letter sent to a prominent member of the Communist Party of Great Britain; quoted in "Spycatcher" (1987) by Peter Wright, p. 46

Quotes via Wikiquote (CC BY-SA), each with its original source.