Music by Robert Lane | Cinematography Chris Seager | |
Written by Robert HarrisIan La FrenaisDick Clement Starring Daniel CraigYekaterina Rednikova | ||
Archangel - adaptation of the eponymous novel by Robert Harris (1998), made by the BBC in 2005, the 3 Series. Archangel - in the film the city of Arkhangelsk.
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Plot
An English expert on Soviet history, Dr. Kelso (Daniel Craig) arrives in Moscow for a conference on Stalin. After the conference, an old man says that he has important information for Dr. Kelso. In Hotel Ukraine, where he stayed Kelso, Papu Rapava (the name of the old man) tells how he, as a security guard in 1953 Beria I witnessed the death of Stalin. He saw Beria stole a safe from Stalin's Middle dacha some blog and dug in his yard in a box from under the instrument. Kelso went to Beria's former mansion, but sees that the blog has dug. The scientist comes to Mamantov (Lev Prygunov), led by the Communist movement Aurora and former agent KGB, and asks him to talk about his diary, saying that he has a witness. But Mamas drives it. Kelso went to a nightclub, where he works Rapava daughter, Zinaida hooker (Yekaterina Rednikova). He asks to see her father. She takes him to the high-rise building, where his father lives. Once inside, he finds Rapava dead in the bathtub. On leaving the apartment of Dr. beaten by hooligans. He appealed for help to the police, but he was being detained.
Cast (in DVD credits order)
Reviews
Brian Gallagher wrote on MovieWeb, the thriller has something for everyone: The game of Craig, a mysterious story, lively dialogues, some action and romance.