All language subtitles for The Courier 2021_4_English

[Khrushchev speaking Russian]

The time of the imperialists

will soon come to an end.

[crowd applauding]

[continues in Russian] They speak...

...speak as if they want to frighten us.

But they only scare themselves.

They know...

...They know that our nuclear arsenal

is only getting stronger every day.

[crowd applauding]

And I have already said...

And I will say it again,

We... Will...

...bury them!

- Yeah, sure.
- [man] Then what?

We can get tickets for something to see?

- We can see the symphony.
- Huh?

It'll finish really late.

We can catch the last train, huh?

[speaks Russian] Daddy, I got my pin.

I'm a Little Octobrist.

[speaks Russian] Wear it here...

by your heart.

[speaks Russian] I have to
go out for a little while.

I won't wake you.

[speaks Russian] You can wake me.

Excuse me. Could you give me a light?

Yeah, sure.

You're Americans, yes?

Yes, sir. We're on a summer trip.

Please, take this to your embassy.

It is vital. I have no other way.

Come on. Let's get out of here.

Do not go back to your hotel,
straight to the embassy.

Give this only to Deputy Chief of Mission.

Understand?

[speaks Russian] I'm an American citizen.

[indistinct chatter]

- [Emily] Thank you.
- [James] Mm.

- Emily. Lovely as ever.
- Ah!

You do brighten up the old place.

Oh, thank you.

- Emily?
- Sir.

- Please sit down.
- Ah.

I've brought you boys a present.

Ah, thank you.

Rachel, step out.

[door opens]

- [door closes]
- I fear a nuclear war is coming

and I want to help you prevent it.

It's got my attention.

[Emily] He's smart.

Gave us a photo only we'd have copies of

from a few years ago in
our embassy in Turkey.

Say hello to Colonel Oleg
Vladimirovich Penkovsky.

Code name "Ironbark".

Artillery officer during the war,

decorated 13 times.

Now he's back in Moscow

running the State Committee
for Scientific Research.

But that's just a cover.

He's GRU.

Why they toss him?

Hand like this I keep place to my chest.

[James] Because they have
no way to make contact.

The CIA is weak in Moscow after that...

disaster with Popov. Am I right?

We're thin on the
ground. We need your help.

Let's get him out.

We've got a number of good
officers in our embassy.

I'll have one make contact with Penkovsky,

- get this sorted out.
- [Emily] I did have a thought.

This is a GRU Colonel. He's so visible.

I'm worried we could blow Penkovsky

just by making an approach.

That's always a risk. What
would the CIA have us do instead?

I don't know.

Maybe use someone outside the embassy

who the KGB won't suspect?

Say a businessman who travels
to that part of the world.

Do we know of someone
who could fit the bill?

[Greville] I have to warn you,

I have a pretty good feeling about this.

Oh, hell.

- [man 1 laughs]
- [man 2 laughs]

[man 1] And Greville,
that is the saddest thing

I've ever seen.

[Greville grunts] Well, serves me right,

- I should keep my mouth shut.
- [man 1 laughs]

[man 2] Now we have to make it up.

We probably have some brochures.

[man 1] Of what?

[Greville] A drink first, I think.

You know my reputation.

Parts I want you to know anyway. [chuckles]

I represent the top manufacturers

who sell the best products on the market.

So in combination with you
gentlemen knowing your business,

I think it'd be much better if

instead of my usual song and dance.

I just listen. You tell
me what your problems are,

and if I think I have a client
that may have a solution,

let's talk it through. If
not, let's keep drinking.

So tell me, what do you need?

- [man] Thanks, Greville.
- [Greville] Bye.

[thunder rumbling]

It still doesn't add up.

Well, did you miss something maybe?

[door bangs]

- Like carrying the four?
- Oh, yes.

- Oh, yes.
- [Greville] How are you?

Oh, very well. Except
our son keeps confusing me

helping with his homework
with me doing it for him.

[Greville] Oh.

- How was your day?
- [Greville] Oh, the usual.

Some empty flatteries
and blatant sucking up.

No, really, you should have seen me.

I sold a dozen lace by
throwing the easiest putt

in the history of putting.

- I feel filthy.
- No. No.

You have to play golf badly.

- But aren't you used to that?
- [Greville] Uh-huh!

Well, just think another 23 years of this

and then we're off to the good life.

Or I could retire early.

Andrew, you don't want to
go to university, do you?

- [telephone ringing]
- [Andrew] Not really.

- [Greville] Perfect.
- Well, I'm not feeding

either of you.

Then what you're smiling at?

Be at least 50 years until you can retire.

- [James] Greville Wynne, please?
- Yeah. Let me see if he's home.

- Sounds like work.
- No. Tell them I'm in my chair.

Yes. He's just walked in.

- Greville Wynne.
- Greville, this is James Dobie

from the Board of
Trade. We met last year.

Yes. Yes. At the reception of Whitehall.

James. How good to hear from you.

- James, hello.
- [James] Greville.

I hope you don't mind.

My friend Helen is a
consultant in from the States.

I thought, "Why not?"

Greville Wynne. A real pleasure.

Helen Talbot, likewise.

James tells me you've been
working in Eastern Europe.

Hmm. More and more,
tremendous opportunities.

Plenty of demand, no local supplies.

Czechoslovakia, Hungary.

- Ghastly food. [chuckles]
- [chuckles]

What about the Soviet Union?

[Greville] Oh, not just yet. Someday.

I'd like to see temperatures
cool off a bit first.

Actually now might be the perfect time.

Oh, really? Why? What did you hear?

Well, Helen and I have associates

who would be interested to
see what might come of it.

It would be a real
service to Great Britain.

And the world.

[indistinct chatter]

Forgive me. I'm just a bit...

Sorry. James, I know you said you had

an office in Board of Trade.

But...

Is it possible that you actually work...

at a different branch of
Her Majesty's government?

Oh, my.

This is unexpected.

[stammers] Sorry, I... I don't understand.

Why, I'm... I'm... I'm just a salesman.

Exactly. An ordinary salesman

with no connection to the government.

Look, this is all fascinating.
I mean, I really can't believe

I'm actually having lunch
with spies. [chuckles]

But... [chuckles]

[clears throat] ...I couldn't possibly...

- What would you want me to do?
- Nothing dodgy, nothing illegal,

just what you would naturally do.

[Greville] I'm sorry. I don't follow.

Someone in your field

hoping to do business in the Soviet Union,

how would you get started?

Well, I suppose I'd set up

a meeting with the State Committee

for Scientific Research in Moscow.

That sounds fine.

So you want me to go to Moscow and then...

Do business.

All this secrecy must seem absurd

but I promise, it's to help you.

We want you to act exactly like

the ordinary businessman you are.

That'll be much easier if
you don't know any details.

Right. But would I be
putting myself in danger?

That detail, I... I have to know.

Greville, let me put this delicately,

you're a middle-aged businessman

who drinks a bit too much and
isn't exactly in top shape.

During the war, you were a private,

never even saw combat.

My point is, if this mission
was the least bit dangerous,

you really are the last man we'd send.

Well, thank you for
putting it so delicately.

[Helen] Make sure you wear
it while you're in Moscow.

What does this do? Shoot poison dart?

Thank you so much,
Greville. You're a good man.

And I know we can count
on you to be discreet.

[Sheila] How's your day?

[Greville] Oh, it was fine.

Mine was wonderful. Thank
you so much for asking.

So sorry, I've got a
head full of contracts.

Uh. You out with, uh, Tomado, weren't you?

Yes, we were at the club,
planning the charity dinner.

- That was amusing.
- Huh!

Before you ask if you have to
come, yes, you have to come.

- I've had an interesting lead.
- [Sheila] Really?

Might look at doing a little
bit of work in the Soviet Union.

[Sheila] Hmm. Do stay
out of The Gulag, darling.

[speaks Russian] I wish moments
like this were not necessary.

But it seems they are.

As you all know, Major Popov

was caught spying for the Americans.

We must all remember...

...the consequences of treason.

[woman speaking Russian over PA]

How do you do? Greville
Wynne, pleasure.

How do you do? Greville Wynne, pleasure.

How do you do? How do you do?

And this is the head of our committee,

Oleg Penkovsky.

[Greville] Ah, pleasure to meet you.

Thank you for coming.

I'm not here to tell you

what is best for Soviet industry.

[speaks Russian]

You gentlemen know that
far better than I ever will.

[speaks Russian]

I'm here simply to open a door...

[speaks Russian]

...to the top manufacturers in the West.

[speaks Russian]

Your proposal is interesting.

- Would you like to have lunch?
- Of course...

after you.

[Oleg] It is good you have dealt

with other communist governments

but so far from home.

Do you not prefer to work in England?

I do what I can to keep things interesting.

[Oleg chuckles]

But then, there's the political situation.

This is not good time for East and West.

Well, what I like to say is no matter what

the politicians are doing,

factories still need machines,
machines still need parts.

I'm a businessman, so I stick to business.

[Oleg chuckles]

[Greville] Hmm!

- Do you have a family?
- I do, a boy, he's ten.

I wanted a boy very much,
then we had a girl...

now she's my world.

Mm. Likely not destroying
your home like our son.

[both chuckle]

Now... most important question.

If you want to do business in Moscow,

I need to know...

Yes?

...can you hold your alcohol?

- It's my one true gift. [laughs]
- [laughs]

[both slurp]

I want to show you another side of Russia.

- Are you free this evening?
- Certainly.

Where are we off to?

Do you know Cinderella?

Embarrassed to say, I've
never been to the ballet.

Then your trip is already worth it.

If you will, mister.

Shh!

[music playing]

Your tie clip, I like it.

Where did you get it?

[Greville] It was a gift from a friend.

- Is your friend American?
- Yes.

We can talk here.

It is safe.

I sent word to your friend, you're, um...

- I think the word is "amateur".
- Yes, exactly. Amateur.

I've dreamt of this moment for
a very long time. Thank you.

I wish I could tell
you how much this means.

I think I'd rather that you didn't tell me.

What happens now?

I don't need to do anything, do I?

[Oleg] No, you go home.

Then you invite me to visit London

with a trade delegation
to meet your clients.

Your government would allow you?

They would be thrilled.

Part of my job is to steal technology

from the West. Your friend is clever.

Well, Oleg. May I call you Oleg?

In English, my name doesn't sound good.

Call me Alex.

Alex.

You're a good amateur.

[sighs]

[Greville sighs]

["Let's Twist Again" playing]

Since you took me to the Bolshoi,

I suppose I should take all of you

to the West End.

Some of the finest theater in the world.

[Alex] That would be good.

♪ Come on let's twist again
Like we did last summer! ♪

♪ Yeah let's twist again
Like we did last year! ♪

- [man speaking Russian] Decadent Westerners.
- ♪ Do you remember when ♪

- ♪ Things were really hummin' ♪
- This is why they are weak.

- Eh, comrade Penkovsky?
- ♪ Yeah let's twist again Twistin' time is here! ♪

[all cheer]

♪ And round and round and
up And down we go again! ♪

And this is my wife, Sheila.

- Nice to meet you.
- [man] Nice to meet you.

- Nostrovia!
- [all] Nostrovia!

[Greville] Cheers!

Up yours, as well. That's another one.

- Up yours!
- Up yours!

- Up yours!
- Up yours!

♪ Come on let's twist again
Like we did last year! Twist! ♪

♪ Come on let's twist again
Like we did last year! ♪

[all singing in Russian]

- [Greville] Off you go.
- [man] Hello.

[Greville] Hello, goodbye.

[speaks Russian]

[door opens]

[door closes]

[Greville sighs]

[Helen] We know you're a patriot.

We know how hard this must be for you.

Colonel, whatever brought you here...

it must frighten you more
than the danger of being here.

Khrushchev.

Khrushchev frightens me.

He is impulsive, chaotic,

a man like him should
have no clear command.

The West has fallen for his lie.

A lie that Soviet regime
is growing soft, it is not.

Khrushchev wants
confrontation with America.

He's looking for one.

Do you have anything
you could share with us,

documents, perhaps?

Would you like to read the new edition

of Military Thought?

I need assurances from you.

If it becomes necessary...

I must able to defect with my family.

Absolutely. Whenever you want.

I will remain in place...

and keep you updated on
the Kremlin's thinking.

But tell your government...

they must use my information wisely.

Not as a weapon...

but as a tool to bring peace.

Despite what Khrushchev claims,

America's nuclear arsenal is
still far superior to ours.

We do not yet have first strike capacity.

You can annihilate us but
we cannot annihilate you.

But that won't worry the Politburo.

Do you think in the end
that'll keep Khrushchev

from going too far?

You have to be up in a few hours.

- I'm fine.
- No, he's right.

We can finish this up tomorrow night.

And one last thing...

we need to talk about Greville.

Don't worry. You won't have
to deal with him anymore.

- No.
- It was Penkovsky's idea.

You're perfect, you're a civilian,

so the KGB won't be watching you.

You'll be in and out of Moscow
anyway to setup contracts.

You still won't know any specifics,

you'll just be a courier.

Just a courier for Russian sea...

My God, I can't believe
you're bloody serious.

We've gone over it with Penkovsky.

We believe the risk to you is minimal.

And we'll pay you.

I make my own money, thank you very much.

I have a wife and a child.

Either of you have a family?

Oh, no.

Don't suppose you could tell me about that,

not a lot you can tell me
about, is there? Helen, James.

I can tell you we'd both
put ourselves in harm's way

when necessary and this is
terribly necessary, Greville.

Then might I suggest you find someone

who's suited for it.

Sorry. I really have
done all I can for you.

[Helen] Greville, listen.

The four-minute warning,
it won't do you any good.

- What?
- [Helen] The four-minute warning

before a Soviet nuclear
missile hits the UK.

No, I know what that...
what are you talking about?

That... that's what
this has all been about?

Nuclear war? Come on.

See, here's the problem for you.

Your house is a 12-minute
drive from your office,

ten minutes if you really push, right?

And you're usually out
on a sales call anyway,

so you're not getting
back to Sheila in time.

And Andrew's school, that's nine minutes

from your house, 15 from your office,

and no one's getting to him either.

He'll get herded into the school basement.

I looked up the building plans.

That's a sorry excuse
for a fallout shelter.

Same with your basement, actually.

Only the government has decent shelters.

What do you do?

Hmm?

You can spend those four minutes

trying to get Sheila on the phone

but you won't be able to get through.

Or you can think about
how you might have helped

stop this from happening...

but you didn't.

And then, that's it.

How dare you.

Truly, we'll be better
off if he doesn't do it.

He'll do it.

[doorbell rings]

[Greville] No, I got it.

[Sheila] All right.

- [Alex] Hello.
- Welcome. Do come in.

- Oh! Hello.
- [Alex] Hello.

Oh, vodka, lovely.

I was just saying to
Greville we didn't drink

nearly enough last night.

- Thank you. Uh, do come in.
- [Alex] Thank you.

This is for Andrew.

Very kind, thank you.

This way.

Dad told me about Moscow.

What's it like in the rest of Russia?

It is very beautiful.

Especially where I come from.

A lot of trees, a lot of sky.

You feel...

very alone but in a good way.

[Greville] I'd like to see that.

But then of course your government

isn't all that keen on foreigners

just wandering around.

Do the Russians really hate us that much?

I think they'd like our children
to be a little more polite,

Andrew.

Our politicians hate your politicians.

And yours hate ours, do not forget that.

But the people, your father
and I, we do business.

We spend time together, I meet his family.

Maybe we're only two people...

but this is how things change.

[Andrew] Hmm.

- What if I get caught?
- You won't.

You don't know that.

They'd execute me, correct?

Not if they thought you're just
a courier that you took packages

but didn't know what was in them.

They would hold you to
trade for one of theirs.

For how long?

- A couple of years.
- Oh, just a couple of years

rotting in some Russian Gulag.

They will not catch us.
The KGB will have no idea.

Listen, I'm better at this than they are.

Fine. But I'm not.

[Alex] Look, your work...

it is only deception.
Controlling your emotion.

I watched you do it in
Moscow, you did it tonight.

It's really not the same thing.

If we're caught, they
would definitely execute me.

Well, I'm very sorry
but that's your choice.

[Alex] That is how sure
I am that you can do this.

I'm betting my life on it.

[Greville] How can I
explain this to Sheila?

[Alex] She cannot know the truth.

For her own safety, for yours.

[Greville] I can't tell her any of it?

[Alex] No.

Well, what have you told your wife?

Because you know what
she'd say, "Don't do it."

I'm right, aren't I?

Sheila's no fool. And in the past, I've...

given her reason not to trust me dully.

Then you have to lie better.

There are good lies.

Sometimes a lie is gift...

an act of love.

I'm sorry it has to be you.

But, Greville...

it has to be you.

In Moscow, you must at all times

follow the rules of the art.

In English, there's a word.

- Tradecraft.
- [Alex] Yes.

You must follow tradecraft.

Everyone you meet,
assume they are KGB,

waiters, hotel staff,
my driver, everyone.

Even if they are not
actual KGB officers,

they still make reports to KGB.

[Greville] Ooh!

[Alex] Every Russian
is an eye of the state.

Every room you're in,
assume it is bugged.

[James] Even inside our embassy.

[Alex] Especially
inside your embassy.

Still, our embassy
will be a good fail-safe

in the event of any...

complication.

[Alex] The KGB also
uses lip readers.

You won't be able to
tell who they are.

- So never discuss...
- [groans]

...anything sensitive
unless I do first.

How's your family?

Very well, thank you. How's yours?

[Alex] We will be
seeing each other often.

To throw off suspicion,

I will tell my colleagues I
recruited you as a source.

[James] You'll keep
Colonel Penkovsky supplied

with material on
steel manufacturing,

industrial production and so on.

Unclassified, but hard to come by.

[Greville] They'll
believe I would do that?

[Alex] Of course.

You are a greedy capitalist.

You want to keep the
contracts coming.

And from now on, every
moment you're in Moscow,

you will be selling one thing.

The idea that you are
an ordinary businessman

and nothing more than
an ordinary businessman.

[Greville] Well, gentlemen, I hope

this is the first of many.
Thank you all very, very much.

For good health and for business.

I should get you to the airport.

Yes, yes, please.

[Helen] Do you have any questions?

Gentlemen, 'till next time. Thank you.

[Greville] I want to be
certain of one thing.

I need to know that if
anything happens to me,

my wife and son will
be provided for.

[man] You have my word...

and I speak for the crown.

[speaks Russian] Mr. Wynne
is a guest of my committee.

Let him through.

Thank you, Alex. Bye.

Thank you.

[both moan]

[Sheila breathes heavily]

- My, where did that come from?
- I missed you.

- Well, just this one time.
- Oh, every time, darling.

[man] They're really gearing up for war.

This is phenomenal.
Ironbark's the real thing.

Well, this just became the biggest thing

going in the whole Soviet Section.

Now, if I keep you on this...

am I gonna regret it?

No, sir.

[inhales] Hell!

This is almost worth all the bullshit

of dealing with the Brits.
How is it with those assholes?

They're good guys. I just
have to make them think

they're in charge.

Oh, this is such an honor.
I'm... I'm learning so much.

[chuckles]

[man over TV] Despite
growing tensions

between America and the Soviet,

until this morning,
there was essentially

free passage between
East and West Berlin.

But overnight, without warning,

the communist authorities
have barricaded off the city.

In response, President
Kennedy has vowed

to increase America's
military presence,

directly speaking with General Clay

who is stationed in Berlin.

Grev, would you think it's
safe to keep going to Moscow?

[Greville] Yes, certainly. It's fine.

[Sheila] Even with all this?

That's in Berlin, darling.
Nowhere near Moscow.

[Sheila] Yes, I know where Berlin is

and I know the Russians
and the Americans...

- [Greville] Please do let me...
- ...are killing any...

...run my business.

[man over TV] Today in the Arctic,

the Soviet Union had
a successful test

of its Tsar Bomba or King of Bombs.

With a yield of 50 megatons,

this is by far the most powerful

nuclear weapon ever detonated.

I have the figures you were asking.

Thank you very much. Very helpful.

[typewriter keys clacking]

[man over TV] Today,
every inhabitant

- of this planet...
- [woman] Just down there.

...every man, woman and child...

[man] Right here, ma'am?

...lives under a nuclear
sword of Damocles...

hanging by the
slenderest of thread...

capable of being cut at
any moment by accident

or miscalculation or by madness.

The weapons of war must be abolished

before they abolish us.

[groaning]

[Greville] Do you have anything for me?

[Alex] Tomorrow.

[vomits, coughs]

[pants]

[sniffles, pants]

[typewriters key clacking]

- Andrew?
- Yeah?

Where are the raincoats?

Oh, right.

Sorry.

It's fine. The forecast is a sun.

No, it's not fine. What
if the forecast is wrong?

What if it rains?

Well, we'll want to
stay in the tent anyway.

We can read books. It'll be lovely.

It's not the point. The point is,

I told you to pack the raincoats,

I made myself perfectly
clear. So why didn't you do it?

Greville, are you certain
this is how you want

- to start our holiday?
- Answer me!

[Andrew] I...

I...

forgot.

You forgot? You know, that's fantastic.

I've got a son who's too
dumb to remember something...

- Greville, Greville! Greville!
- ...as simple as packing the...

Your father didn't mean that.

Shall we start again, hmm?

Is he all right?

[sighs] He's asleep. It's a good sign.

Here.

- Will you be all right?
- Oh, fine. [mumbles]

I really needed this
holiday and it's a good idea.

Glad we came here.

It's not just tonight.

You've been so different lately.

Greville, what's going on?

Look, I didn't want to
tell you before because I...

I didn't want you to be involved.

It's the business. Yeah, we've...

hit a bit of a rough patch.

[woman] That makes
sense, doesn't it?

Men and money?

My God, Colin went almost mad last year

when his job looked the tiniest bit shaky.

[sighs]

I wish it made sense
but it's not just that.

It's everything.

He's exercising all the
time and he's become so...

- energetic in bed.
- That all sounds so awful.

[laughs] Poor you. [chuckles]

I'm so sorry. I shouldn't
joke. [clears throat]

I know Greville had an
indiscretion once before but

it doesn't mean he's having an affair now.

Then why is he so secretive with me?

And defensive?

And it's always worse
whenever he comes home

from Moscow.

That's when it all started. Moscow.

[clicks tongue] Oh.

[Sheila] Might be better if
you didn't have to travel

so much...

better for our family.

[Greville] Darling, I told
you, it's very important.

- We need the money.
- [Sheila] The money?

- [Greville] Money, yes.
- I thought you needed the club?

And you haven't caught any expenses

and now we're going to a smart restaurant.

Really, not quite certain, how I'm supposed

to respond to that.

I mean, why can't we live the
good life? It's why I work.

Greville, I'm asking you
to stop going to Moscow.

I'm asking you as your wife.

Oh, I know what you're thinking.

- There is no one else, I swear.
- I forgave you once,

I never said I would again.

Hello, Nina.

Very nice to meet you.

She's never seen a foreigner before.

[indistinct]

[Vera speaks Russian]

My wife apologizes.

We cannot invite you for dinner.

To bring a foreigner into
one's home, it is not done.

It's all right. I'd understand.

[sighs]

You have a lovely family.

Thank you.

[Greville] Alex...

when do you think you'll
be ready to defect?

[Alex] It is best if we
do not talk about that.

Is something the matter?

Just a bit of trouble at home.

[sighs]

One day, you will be able to tell Sheila

what you have done and
she'll be very proud of you.

That might be a bit too late.

Sometimes Vera, she also
struggles with my work.

Yes, but your wife married a soldier,

mine married a salesman.

[Alex] You know why my
government will not let you

travel outside Moscow? They
want to hide the suffering.

In the city life is all right,

but in the country where I'm from...

I do not want this life for Nina.

I want her to be free from the State.

Someday, if our work succeeds,
when I feel the danger is over,

then I will defect.

I will bring my family to Montana.

- Montana?
- Yeah. I've seen some pictures,

it is beautiful like where I grew up.

Perhaps, I will become a cowboy.

[chuckles] You a cowboy?

- Oh, that I would like to see.
- Yes.

You must come and visit,
with your family, please.

I would like that very much.

I would like that too.

- All right. I will.
- [chuckles]

- [typewriter keys clacking]
- [man] Sir?

Thank you so much.

[man] What do you have?

I'm seeing references to a lot of new intel

coming from the Soviet Section.

Can you access any of it?

No. It's all way above my clearance.

But I don't think it's
coming from intercepts.

It feels like they might have a source.

[man speaking Russian]
Chairman Khruschev, so far

Cuba has been more trouble than it's worth.

It's our one foothold in Latin America.

But it's too isolated. We
can't expand from there.

It's a weak spot for us.

[Khrushchev speaks Russian] I agree.

It is now.

But we can turn it into a
weak spot for the Americans.

[man] I... I just don't see it
for them to actually do that

to try and sneak nukes
into our backyard,

- I mean, it would be...
- It'll be like an act of war.

Even Khrushchev isn't that crazy.

All I can tell you is that Ironbark

wouldn't be in the job he or she is in

if he or she were an idiot.

I hope we take this seriously.

Stay on this, guys.

Work every Cuba source we got.

- [Alex] Have a good flight.
- [Greville] Thank you, Alex.

[knocking on door]

- [door opens]
- [Oleg speaking Russian] Colonel?

Sorry, your secretary is away.

Oleg Gribanov, KGB. Do
you have a few minutes?

[speaks Russian] Of course, come in.

[door closes]

[speaks Russian] It's an
honour to finally meet you.

I know men who served under you in Kiev.

They say they owe you their lives.

I thought...

...you might remember these from Ankara.

Contraband, I know, but...

[Oleg speaking Russian]
We're curious about...

Greville Wynne.

Have you noticed anything
unorthodox about him?

Behaviour? Interactions?

[Alex speaking Russian] Nothing of concern.

Or I would have noted
it in my contact reports.

[speaks Russian] Yes, I
read those, very thoroughly.

But now that I tell you
we're looking into him...

...does anything come to mind?

[speaks Russian] He's been
coming to Moscow for awhile.

Why the concern now?

[speaks Russian] Because he's
been coming to Moscow for awhile.

Meets with many officials,
he goes many places.

Over time, this creates questions.

[speaks Russian] From what I've seen,

Wynne is interested in making
money and not much else.

But I will be sure...

...to observe him even more closely.

[speaks Russian] Thank you, Colonel.

I won't take any more of your time.

[speaks Russian] Thank you for warning me.

[Oleg speaking Russian] I'll
leave you the cigarettes...

- [door opens]
- [speaks Russian] ...and send you a whole carton.

[door closes]

[man] Ironbark gave
us camouflage profiles

for different kinds of
missile installations

so we could tell 'em apart.

As soon as we get some U-2 photos

we'll know if Cuba's
got nukes or not.

And whether Russian missiles
can reach mainland US

for the first time.

Can they get a U-2 in the air?

This time of year there's
just too much cloud cover.

'Til October you're all I got.

Mm-hmm.

When I went back to my
hotel they searched my room.

But they didn't find anything?

Obviously he wouldn't be here if they had.

I'm saying he's still in the clear.

It could just have been a
routine check which he passed.

That's it Greville, we're pulling you out.

[Greville] But what about Penkovsky?

I didn't have a chance to warn him.

We'll have to find another
way to communicate with him,

but you don't need to worry about that.

No. You don't understand.

That's why he's in danger as well.

If the KGB have been looking at me,

they'll be looking at him too.

He's still set to come here
for the trade fair next month,

- doesn't he?
- [Greville] Yes.

[James] Then he's all right.
If he was under suspicion

they'd never let him leave the country.

[indistinct chatter]

But you will still help
him to defect, won't you?

Whatever he likes, he's more
than earned his retirement

and Greville so have you. Outstanding work.

Oh, my God.

So... so, that's it.

Cuba. What about Cuba?

Do try not to worry
about any of this anymore.

Put it all out of your head, best you can.

[inhales deeply] Understood.

Well, thank you.

What the hell are you doing?
We're shutting down Wynne, now?

Please recall, Wynne is a British national.

Any fallout from his capture

would cause a major embarrassment

for the government.

We have to know what
Penkovsky knows about Cuba.

Which at the moment is nothing.

He'll be here next month,
we'll debrief him them.

That's all.

[breathes heavily]

[grunts]

- [door opens]
- [breathes heavily]

[woman speaks Russian]

I'm, uh...

I'm closing all the accounts in Moscow.

So I won't be going anymore.

All right.

- Sure you don't want me to help?
- I'm fine. Thank you.

[camera lens whirs]

[camera shutter clicks]

[Nina] Papa!

Nina.

[groans]

[speaks Russian] How are you feeling?

Much better.

She says I've been working too hard.

My body decided to give
itself a little vacation.

[speaks Russian] I want
to keep him here a few days

to rest.

Then he should be back to normal.

[speaks Russian] Thank you.

[chuckles]

Nina...

[speaks Russian] ...can I
talk with your father alone?

[speaks Russian] Really, I feel fine.

[Vera speaks Russian] I
couldn't wait to tell you...

[speaks Russian] What?

[speaks Russian] I'm pregnant.

This one feels like a boy.

This government, as
promised, has maintained...

the closest surveillance of
the Soviet military build-up

on the island of Cuba.

Within the past week

unmistakable evidence
has established the fact

that a series of
offensive missiles sites

is now in preparation on
that imprisoned island.

The purpose of these
bases can be none other

than to provide a
nuclear strike capability

against the Western Hemisphere.

It shall be the
policy of this nation

to regard any nuclear missile

launched from Cuba
against any nation

in the Western Hemisphere

as an attack

by the Soviet Union
on the United States.

Requiring a full
retaliatory response

upon the Soviet Union.

I call upon Chairman Khrushchev

to halt and eliminate
this clandestine...

[Irina speaks Russian] Excuse me, Colonel?

I'm Irina from the Trade Ministry.

I wanted to speak to you
about the London trade fair.

[speaks Russian] Yes, our
preparations are going very well.

[speaks Russian] The minister has
decided you do not need to attend.

[speaks Russian] Oh. Are
we not sending a delegation?

[speaks Russian] We are...

but the Minister feels
your other work is too

...valuable to neglect right now.

He would like you to remain in Moscow.

[speaks Russian] Of course.

Please tell the Minister
I won't let him down.

The Soviets are standing firm,

but JFK is refusing to back down.

It's out of our hands now.

Anything could happen.

- Telegram.
- Thank you.

[Greville] It's time. It's got to be.

- [James] Time for what?
- [Greville] Time to get him out.

[James] Greville, we can't get him out.

[Greville] Of course you can.

Well then, what did you mean when you said

you were gonna help him to defect?

[James] Family holiday to East Germany,

crossover in Berlin,

to try and smuggle them
right out of Moscow,

- I wouldn't dream of it.
- [Greville] But you're MI6

and CIA.

I can't get anywhere near Penkovsky now,

so there's no way to coordinate
with him or plan it out.

We'd have to kidnap him and
his family off the street.

[Helen] It'd be a disaster.

[Greville] And if they won't
let them leave, then what?

[James] It was my idea to
bring you into all this.

I never should have done
that to you. I'm sorry.

Well then, that's it?

We're just going to abandon
him and let the KGB murder him

whenever they get round to it?

This is a hard truth.

But if things were the other way around,

- Penkovsky would abandon you.
- No. No, he would not.

He's a professional. We use people.

He would do just what I'm doing now.

Move on. Go home.

Go home to your family.

You're wrong.

What?

You're the experts on spying
and tradecraft and all of that,

but not Penkovsky. You've
met him once, I know him.

He would never leave me to die.

And I'm not leaving him.

[James] I'm afraid it's not your decision.

You said the problem was,
there's no way to coordinate

to let Penkovsky know about the escape plan

but there is a way.

Me.

I can tell him...

if I go back to Moscow.

- You would do that?
- Yes.

[James] No, he wouldn't.

Because he hasn't entirely lost his mind.

James, be a bloody professional.

I'm volunteering to
bring back the best source

of Soviet intelligence you got at a time

where Russia and America are
on the brink of nuclear war.

You talk about using people,
for God's sake use me.

If you go back to Moscow, I'll go with you.

At no risk to herself. She'll
have diplomatic immunity.

- She thinks you're a fool.
- [Helen] I will do everything

in my power to get both of you

- out of there.
- [James] But I am telling you,

don't do it.

[door opens]

Oh, I didn't know you were...

I have just one last account
to close, then I'm finished.

Truly.

Of course. Yes.

And where are you staying tonight?

A hotel I think would be best.

- [door closes]
- [footsteps receding]

- [Greville] Alex.
- Hello.

[indistinct chatter over radio]

[indistinct chatter]

Hi. I'm Karen Tucker.
I'm the new press attache.

Our assets will take a boat
from Finland to Sosnovy Bor.

Port security there is light.

They'll pick the Penkovskys
up, ferry them back across.

I need you to take the
van and divert the KGB

when we leave the embassy, okay?

If we can just get the Penkovskys

out of Moscow clean,

- we should be all right.
- Yup. Okay.

You're going to do fine.

[man over TV] Permanent
representatives

of a large number

of Member governments
of the United Nations...

to address an urgent appeal to you

in the present critical situation.

In the interest of international

peace and security...

all concerned should
refrain from any action

which may aggravate the situation

and bring with it the risk of war.

[man 2 over TV] Now, we
will explain what to do

if a warning sounds
when you are at home.

You must immediately take cover.

Send your children
to the fallout room

then turn off the electricity
and the gas at the main.

Do you, Ambassador Zorin,
deny that the USSR has

placed and is placing medium

and intermediate-range
missiles and sites in Cuba?

Yes or no?

[man over TV speaking Russian]

[man over TV] And I'm
also prepared to present

the evidence in this room.

Which you can all
examine at your leisure,

shows three successive
photographic enlargements

of another missile
base of the same type

in the area of San Cristobal.

These enlarged
photographs clearly show

six of these missiles on trailers

and three erectors.

And that is only one example.

[music playing]

Bravo.

Bravo.

Bravo.

Bravo.

[speaks Russian] I have a light day.

I'll come home after lunch.

- [Vera] Hmm!
- [Alex] Mm-hmm.

[speaks Russian] We...

...can do something
fun, would you like that?

[Nina speaks Russian] Yes, Daddy.

[speaks Russian] And you could
wear that red dress for me?

[man] Kennedy has sent the offer.

If the Soviets take out their nukes,

JFK will declare publicly

- that the US will stand down.
- Think they'll go for that?

I really don't know.

Good luck.

[speaks Russian]

Can I take you to the airport?

Oh, that would be perfect, thank you.

[man speaking Russian]

[sighs]

[speaks Russian]

[Alex speaks Russian]

[man speaks Russian]

[speaks Russian]

- [speaks Russian]
- [tires screech]

[air hostess speaking Russian]

Excuse me, what did they say?

They say, "We're sorry for the delay."

Thank you.

Vera!

[speaks Russian] We need to leave.

- [Helen grunts]
- [man speaks Russian]

- [Helen grunts]
- [man speaks Russian]

[Helen speaks Russian]
I have diplomatic status.

[speaks Russian] Have a seat, Colonel.

[speaks Russian] Oleg, what's happening?

[Oleg speaking Russian] Tell her.

[speaks Russian] She didn't
know anything, you can see that.

[speaks Russian] Tell
your family why we're here.

[speaks Russian] I am...

I am a traitor.

I betrayed the revolution.

I'm so sorry.

[speaks Russian] I
believed in you for so long.

I defended you around the Kremlin.

And now this.

[speaks Russian] How long have you known?

[Oleg speaks Russian] Not
until I had you poisoned.

While you were in hospital,

we did a search and
found your hiding place.

Installed surveillance.

We saw your plans last night,

and came in this morning for a closer look.

And now the game is over.

[speaks Russian] I swear
my family did not know.

[speaks Russian] We will
discuss your family later.

It's time to go.

[both yelling in Russian]

[sobs]

Mr. Wynne...

[speaks Russian]

I'm sorry, I don't understand.

He said, come with us, Mr. Wynne.

Why, what's going on? I don't understand.

Mr. Wynne, please.

[Greville groans]

[thunder rumbling]

[man] The Union of Soviet
Socialist Republic,

has declared you persona non grata.

You are hereby ordered
to leave the country

within 24 hours.

[indistinct chatter from TV]

[indistinct clamor]

[officer 1] Strip!

- Strip!
- [officer 2 shouts]

[officer 1 speaks Russian]

[grunts]

[groans]

[cell door opens]

[cell door closes]

[officer speaks Russian]

[Greville breathes heavily]

[fly buzzing]

One, two, three.

[Helen] Thank you.

You were right.

You were right, too.

We had to try.

Mrs. Wynne, I'm James Dobie
with the Board of Trade,

- may we come in?
- Yes, please.

- Oh, my God.
- [James] It's absurd, of course.

The Foreign Office is hard
at work sorting this out.

- But it's a delicate situation.
- Why?

Oleg Penkovsky has been arrested
as well, which is quite serious.

The Russians are claiming
Greville was caught up

in some sort of...

well, espionage.

The Foreign Office will be in touch soon.

And while this is all being resolved,

The Crown will provide
for you and your son.

- It's true, isn't it?
- What's true?

Greville was working with
Penkovsky like they say?

[James] No, no. Of course not.

Can I call Greville,
I need to speak to him.

- I don't think that's...
- No, I have to... I have to...

I have to tell him that I'm sorry.

[breathing heavily] I thought he was...

- My God, I've been so stupid.
- [door opens]

- [Andrew] Mommy?
- Andrew, go to your room.

- [Andrew] Who are...
- Andrew, go to your room!

[James] I'm a friend of your father's.

He told me you have quite
the trophy collection.

Could you show me?

Andrew please, it's all right.

[door closes]

Don't tell me it's not true.

I know my husband.

I know he's been acting.

Don't tell me it's not true.

There are things I can't say to you.

I can tell you that your husband
is an incredibly brave man.

And he needs you now.

He needs your help, Mrs. Wynne.

You see, once the Russians
realize Greville is innocent,

your government will be
able to get him home safe.

In time.

But if the Russians do decide...

that Greville actually
is some kind of spy...

I'm so sorry.

[scoffs]

[Helen] So when you talk to anybody...

that means your family...

your friends, Andrew, and
especially the press...

you have to tell them that none of this

could possibly be true.

And you have to be very convincing.

Can you do that?

Can you do that for Greville?

I can't imagine what Penkovsky
could've confessed to.

I... I'm sorry, I don't know what this is.

We know everything,

we know that Penkovsky gave you
packages to take to the West.

- Well, yes, a few times.
- Then you admit it.

Admit what? I didn't know that
I was doing anything wrong?

You think stealing Soviet intelligence

wasn't wrong?

[Greville] If that is what was
happening, I didn't know it.

I never asked him what was in the packages,

I didn't think it was my business.

Who did you give these packages to?

[Greville] Well, I dropped them off

in various addresses around London,

I never thought anything of it.

Mr. Wynne...

you were asking me to believe
that you are very, very stupid.

[Greville] Oh, well, yes.

I suppose in your world I am,
but, look, I'm just a salesman.

I want my clients to like
me, so if that meant doing...

a favor for Penkovsky every now and then,

I really didn't see the harm.

[exhales]

[groans]

Hi.

- Ah! That is so sweet of you.
- [chuckles]

Oh, but I wish I could
invite you in, I'm just...

I'm in the middle of 20 things.

Oh, no, no. That's fine. I'm
so glad to see you're well.

It's been ages, we've all been worried.

Yes, well, do say hello for me.

Of course. I saw that ridiculous
piece in the Mail.

It's so absurd.

You don't think there could
be any truth to it, do you?

What they're saying about Greville?

Don't be ridiculous.

How could Greville ever spy on Soviets,

he couldn't even hide his affair for me.

- Right.
- Thank you again for dropping by

- and this was so sweet of you.
- Oh.

We should have tea.

- I'll be in touch. Thank you.
- Yes!

Oh, all right. Bye. [clears throat]

- [bulb buzzing]
- [breathing heavily]

[Oleg] For years the Americans
have had the nuclear missiles

in Turkey...

aimed right at us.

Oh, but how dare we put missiles in Cuba...

is that fair?

- I don't know.
- Mm.

Do you realize your country
has left you here to die?

No, sir, I don't believe that's true.

[indistinct]

Why?

Why?

Why? For God sake. What
have I done? [banging]

I didn't do anything.

I didn't do it, you... you fucking animals!

[sobs]

[cell door opens]

[Greville gasps]

[officer] You will not touch. Sit down.

Sit down.

Oh, my God, darling.

I know I've been ill,
but I'm on the mend now...

and this will help.

This will help.

- Very much.
- What are they doing?

What the hell are you people doing to him?

[Greville] It's not like that.

They've been quite respectful
given the circumstance.

You mustn't fault them.

Really. You mustn't.

What you're going through...

it's all so unfair.

I'm sorry for what happened.

I feel wretched for doubting you.

No, no. Couldn't be helped.

I'm really so glad you're
here. I missed you both...

very much.

The foreign office said,
that's a very good sign

I'm being allowed to visit you.

- Hmm.
- [Sheila] They said it might...

it might still take a
while yet to get you home

since the Russians backed down in Cuba

they're being very stubborn right now.

What happened in Cuba?

Well, they removed the missiles.
It's... It's all fine now.

No more about this.

[Sheila] And we're trying very hard.

It might take another...

it might take another year...

or two.

Tell me something about home.

Tell me what I have to look forward to.

Well, the garden's cooperating a bit.

Finally. [chuckles]

And we have tomatoes this year.

And Andrew, he...

he passed his Maths exam

- somehow. [chuckles]
- [chuckles]

You'd be proud.

How are you?

I'm...

I'm all right.

Really.

If you can be strong enough for this...

when you come home...

I hope we can start again.

And I was very foolish.

I'm sorry.

But I just want you to know
that every moment I've been here,

I have done nothing but think about

how I'm going to get home to you.

Really.

I will.

I will. [snivels]

[man] It's a matter of who.

We can't send someone of real value.

Not for Wynne.

Wynne wasn't valuable?

We're all alive, aren't we?

He's not an officer, is the point.

If we propose an officer of
theirs that sends a message

about how we perceive
Wynne the wrong message.

If you let Wynne die over
there, and he will die,

a lot sooner than you think.

No one will ever trust MI6 to protect them.

Ever again.

[James sighs]

You feel guilty.

I know.

But you were doing your job and Wynne

is our countryman, Emily. I promise...

we'll get him home.

[Oleg] If you think
Penkovsky will protect you...

you think too highly of him.

He betrayed his country...

his family...

why not you?

It is every man for himself. Yes?

Hi.

I have not seen a mirror for a long time.

I like to think I'm still quite worth...

for the time.

I wasn't sure I'd ever see you again.

I'm so sorry you're here Greville.

I hope you can forgive me for this...

and for what I had to do.

What you mean, what you had to do?

I held back...

for as long as I could.

I have to protect
my family, Greville.

To save them, I had to
tell the KGB the truth.

All of the truth.

I told them...

I gave you pictures that...

helped Americans find missiles in Cuba.

And of course I told them...

you didn't know what was
in the packages I gave you.

Greville...

I thought I could make
the world a safer place...

but I failed.

All this...

betraying my country,

my people, all for nothing.

Alex...

of course I forgive you.

I have to look after my family, too.

Easier now I know there's not gonna be

a nuclear war...

because Khrushchev withdrew his missiles...

- [cell door opens]
- ...because of you.

Because of you.

You.

You did it, Alex. You did it.

You. You did it.

Because of you, Alex.

You did it.

[indistinct chatter]

[Alex] Maybe we're
only two people...

but this is how things change.

[Andrew] Daddy, where are you?

[man] Mr. Wynne, you've
just spoken to your wife,

what were your first words to her

and what were her first words to you?

Frankly, we're both rather speechless.

There were no words for a moment.

[man] Do you have any idea
of what you're going to do

in the future?

Oh, I want to get back to
my normal business activities

as soon as I possibly can.

[man] Well, is that to the same company?

With my own company.

[man 2] Will you travel
in East Europe again?

Oh, now, that is quite a question

which I can't answer today.

[music playing]