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The Red Shade (1981) | Slate

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Rated 5.2 on TMDB

The Red Shade

L'Ombre rouge

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.

Released: 1981
Runtime: 1h 52m
Genres: Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Language: French

Direction and writing

Jean-Louis ComolliWriter, Director

Pierre WallonAssistant Director

Cast

Claude BrasseurAnton Kovetz
Jacques DutroncLéo
Nathalie BayeAnna

VL

Vincent LombardAssistant Director

Where to watch

Unavailable

Andréa FerréolMagda

Nicolas Hossein

Michelle Carles

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