The Third Identity - Under the spell of power

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Movie
German title The Third Identity - Under the spell of power
Original title A Different Loyalty
Country of production Canada , UK , USA
original language English , Russian
Publishing year 2004
length 96 minutes
Age rating FSK 12
Rod
Director Marek Kanievska
script Jim Piddock
production Rupert Everett , Gary Hamilton , Jim Piddock
music Normand Corbeil
camera Jean Lépine
cut Yvann Thibaudeau
occupation

The Third Identity (Original title: A Different Loyalty ) is an American drama from 2004 . Marek Kanievska directed the film and Jim Piddock wrote the script . Sharon Stone and Rupert Everett star in the lead roles .

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War correspondent Sally Tyler works in Beirut during the Cold War . There she meets Leo Cauffield, who works for the British secret service. She falls in love and marries him. One day Leo disappears without a trace.

It soon turns out that Cauffield was a double agent working for the KGB . Sally drives to Moscow after him .

Reviews

Ed Gonzalez wrote in Slant Magazine that while the film did not reflect the realities of the Cold War era in the Soviet Union, it made Sharon Stone look good.

Awards

The director Marek Kanievska was nominated for a prize at the Moscow International Film Festival in 2004.

Background information

Some elements of the plot are based on the true story of Kim Philby and his wife Eleanor.

In the film, which is Moscow's Cathedral of Christ the Savior shown but which has been blown up in 1931 and built in the years 1992 to 2000 again.

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