All language subtitles for The.Courier.2020.2160p.UHD.BluRay.x265.10bit.HDR.DTS-HD.MA.5.1-SWTYBLZ.srt - eng(4)

This film is based on true events.

By 1960, the nuclear arms race
had intesified.

The United States and Soviet union
now possessed weapons

capable of wiping out humanity.

As khrushchev and his American counteparts
treaded threats,

many feared that the world was on
the verge of iminent destuction.

The time of the imperialists
will soon come to an end.

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.

And I have already said,
and I will say it again,

we will Bury them!

Go back to that restaurant.

- Get some cigarettes?
- Yeah, sure. Then what?

We could get tickets
for something this evening.

- We can see the symphony.
- Uh-huh.

It will finish really late.

We can catch the last train out.

Daddy, I got my pin.
I'm a little octobrist.

Wear it here...

By your heart.

I have to go out for a little while.

I won't wake you.

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 the deputy chief
of mission. Understand?

I'm an American citizen.

Thank you.

- 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.

"I fear nuclear war is coming
and I want to help you prevent it."

It's got my attention.

He's smart.

Gave us a photo only we'd have copies of.

From a few years ago
at 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 gr...

Why let us in?

Hand like this,
I'd keep close to my chest.

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 hear 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.

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?

Have to warn you,

I have a pretty good feeling about this.

Oh, hell.

Greville, that is the saddest thing
I've ever seen.

Well, serves me right.
Should keep my mouth shut.

Now we have to make it up to you.

You probably have some brochures
you want to show us.

Well, a drink first, I think.

You know my reputation,
the parts I want you to know, anyway.

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 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?

- Thanks, greville.
- Bye.

It still doesn't add up.

Well, did you miss something maybe?

Like carrying the four.

- Oh, yes.
- Oh, yes.

- How are you?
- Oh, very well.

Except our son keeps confusing me
helping with his homework

- with me doing it for him.
- Ah.

- How was your day?
- Oh, the usual.

Some empty flattery,
some blatant sucking up.

No, really, you should have seen me.
I sold a dozen lathes

by throwing the easiest putt
in the history of putting.

- I feel filthy.
- Oh, no, you had to play golf badly?

- Aren't you used to that?
- Ha, ha.

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?

- Not really.
- Perfect.

Well, I'm not feeding either of you.

I don't know what you're smiling at.

It'll be at least 50 years
until you can retire.

- 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 dobbing
from the board of trade.

- We met last year.
- Yes, yes, at the reception at whitehall.

James, how good to hear from you.

- James, hello.
- 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 talbott. Likewise.

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

Mmm. More and more.
Tremendous opportunities.

Plenty of demand.
Variable supply.

Czechoslovakia, Hungary.

Ghastly food.

- What about the Soviet union?
- Well, 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 do you hear?

Well, Helen and I have associates

who'd be interested to see
what might come of it.

It would be a real service
to Great Britain.

And the world.

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

Sorry. James, I know you said you had
an office in the board of trade.

But is it possible you actually work

in a different branch
of her majesty's government?

Oh, my.

Well, this is unexpected.

But, I'm sorry, I...
I don't understand.

I'm... I'm just a salesman.

Exactly.

An ordinary salesman
with no connection to the government.

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

I'm actually having lunch with spies.

But...

I couldn't possibly...

What would you want me to do?

Nothing dodgy. Nothing illegal.

Just what you would naturally do.

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 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
and 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.

Make sure you wear it
while you're in Moscow.

What does this do?
Shoot poison darts?

Thank you so much, greville.

You're a good man, and I know
we can count on you to be discreet.

How was your day?

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 were out with Tamara,
weren't you?

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

That was amusing.

And before you ask if you have to come,
yes, you have to come.

- I've had an interesting lead.
- Really?

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

Do stay out of the gulag, darling.

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 consequence of treason.

How do you do?
Greville. Pleasure.

How do you do?
Greville. Pleasure.

How do you do? How do you do?

And this is the head of our committee,
Oleg penkovsky.

Ah. Pleasure to meet you.

Thank you for coming.

I'm not here to tell you what is best
for Soviet industry.

You gentlemen know that
far better than I ever will.

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

To the top manufacturers
in the west.

Your proposal is interesting.

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

After you.

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.

But then there is
the political situation.

This is not a 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.

- 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 is my world.

Mmm. And likely not destroying
your home like our son.

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.

I want to show you
another side of Russia.

- Are you free this evening?
- Certainly. Where are we off to?

Do you know cinderella?

I'm embarrassed to say
I've never been to the ballet.

Then your trip is already worth it.

This two.

Your tie clip, I like it.
Where did you get it?

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 are, uh...
I think the word is amateur?

Yes, exactly, amateur.

I've dreamed 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?

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 will 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.

Since you took me to the bolshoi,

I suppose I should take all of you
to the west end.

Some of the finest theatre in the world.

That would be good.

Decadent westerners.
This is why they are weak.

Eh, comrade penkovsky?

Gentlemen, this is my wife, Sheila.

Nice to meet you.

Cheers.

Up yours as well,
that's another one.

Up yours.

Up yours.

Off you go.

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's impulsive, chaotic.

A man like him shouldn't
have nuclear command.

The west has fallen for his lie,

the lie that Soviet regime
is growing soft. It is not.

Khrushchev wants a 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 be 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 any more.

- No.
- It was penkovsky's idea.

You're perfect. You're a civilian,
so the kgb won't be watching.

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

You still won't know any specifics.
You'll just be a courier.

Just a courier?
For Russian sec...

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 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.

Greville, listen.
The four-minute warning.

- It won't do you any good.
- What?

The four-minute warning

before a Soviet nuclear
missile hits the UK.

No, I know what that...

What are you talking about?
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,

10 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?

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.

I've got it.

All right.

- Hello.
- Welcome.

Do come in.

- Oh, hello.
- Hello.

Oh. Vodka. Lovely.

I was just saying to greville we didn't
drink nearly enough last night.

Thank you. Do come in.

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.

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 are only two people,
but this is how things change.

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

You don't know that.

They'd execute me, correct?

Not if they thought
you were 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 am better at this
than they are.

Fine. But I'm not.

Look, your work,

it is only deception,
controlling your emotions.

Iwatched you do it in Moscow.
You did it tonight.

Really not the same thing.

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

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

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

I'm betting my life on it.

How can I explain this
to Sheila?

She cannot know the truth.

For her own safety, for yours.

- I can't tell her? Any of it?
- No.

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 entirely.

Then you have to lie better.

There are good lies.

Sometimes a lie is a 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.

Yes. You must follow tradecraft.

Everyone you meet,
assume they're kgb.

Waiters, hotel staff,
my driver, everyone.

Even if they are not
actual kgb officers,

they still make reports to kgb.

Whoo!

Every Russian is an eye
of the state.

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

- Even inside our embassy.
- Especially inside your embassy.

Still, our embassy will be a good failsafe

in the event of any complication.

The kgb also uses lip-readers.

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

So never discuss anything sensitive
unless I do first.

How is your family?

Very well, thank you.
How's yours?

We will be seeing each other often.

To throw off suspicion,

I will tell my colleagues
irecruited you as a source.

You'll keep colonel penkovsky
supplied with material

on steel manufacturing,
industrial production and so on,

unclassified,

but hard to come by.

They'll believe I would do that?

Of course.
You are a greedy capitalist.

You want to keep
the contracts coming.

And from now on,
every moment you are in Moscow,

you will be selling one thing:

The idea that you are
an ordinary businessman

and nothing more
than an ordinary businessman.

Well, gentlemen,
I hope this is the first of many.

Thank you all very, very much.

To your good health
and to good business.

- I should get you to the airport.
- Yes, yes, indeed.

Do you have any questions?

Gentlemen, until next time.
Thank you.

I want to be certain of one thing.

Ineed to know
that if anything happens to me,

my wife and son
will be provided for.

You have my word.

And I speak for the crown.

Mr. Wynne is a guest of my committee.

Let him through.

Thank you, Alex.

Thank you.

My, where did that come from?

I missed you.

What, just this one time?

No, every time, darling.

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.

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."

Despite growing tensions
between america and the Soviets,

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.

Greville, do you think it's safe to keep
going to Moscow?

Yes, certainly. It's fine.

Even with all this?

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

Yes, I know where Berlin is,

and I know the Russians
and the Americans...

Please, do let me
run my business.

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 for.

Thank you very much.
Very helpful.

Today, every inhabitant of this planet,

every man, woman and child,

lives under
a nuclear sword of damocles,

hanging by the slenderest
of threads,

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.

Do you have anything for me?

Tomorrow.

- Andrew.
- Yeah?

Where are the raincoats?

Oh, right.

- Sorry.
- It's fine.

The forecast is for sun.

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

What if it rains?

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

- We can read books. It'll be lovely.
- That'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?

Are you certain this is how
you want to start our holiday?

- Answer me.
- I...

I forgot.

You forgot.
Yeah, well, that's fantastic.

I've got a son who's too dense to remember
something as simple as

- packing a...
- Greville!

Your father didn't mean that.

Shall we start again, hmm?

Is he all right?

Well, he's asleep.
That's a good sign.

Here.

- But will you be all right?
- Oh, fine, yes. I...

I really needed this holiday.

It was a good idea.
Glad we came here.

It's not just tonight.

You've been so different lately.

Greville, what's going on?

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.

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.

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

It's the exercising all the time,

and he's become
so energetic in bed.

That all sounds so awful.

Pooryou.

I'm so sorry. I shouldn'tjoke.

I know greville had
an indiscretion once before,

but that 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.

Oh...

It might be better if you didn't have
to travel so much.

Better for our family.

Darling, I told you, it's very important.
We need the money.

- The money?
- Money, yes.

We just renewed at the club,
we haven't cut any expenses,

and now we're going
to a smart restaurant.

I'm really not quite certain
how I'm supposed to respond to that.

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

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

I am asking you as your wife.

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.

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 quite understand.

You have a lovely family.

Thank you.

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

It is best
if we do not talk about that.

Is something the matter?

Just a bit of trouble at home.

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.

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.

You, a cowboy?

Well, 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.

Sir?

Thank you so much.

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.

Chairman khrushchev, 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.

I agree.

It is now.

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

I just don't see it,
for them to actually do that,

to try and sneak nukes
into our backyard.

- I mean, it'd be...
- It'd 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 Cuban source we've got.

- Have a good flight.
- Thank you, Alex.

Colonel?

Sorry, your secretary is away.

Oleg gribanov, kgb.
Do you have a few minutes?

Of course, come in.

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...

We 're curious about...

Greville wynne.

Have you noticed anything unorthodox
about him?

Behaviour? Interactions?

Nothing of concern,

or I would have noted it
in my contact reports.

Yes, I read those, very thoroughly.

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

Does anything come to mind?

He's been coming to Moscow for awhile.

Why the concern now?

Because he's been coming to Moscow
for awhile.

Meets with many officials,
he goes many places.

Over time this creates questions.

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.

Thank you colonel.

I won't take any more of your time.

Thank you for warning me.

I'll leave you the cigarettes...

And send you a whole carton.

Ironbark gave us camouflage
profiles for different kinds

of missile installations
so we can tell them apart.

As soon as we get some u-2 photos,

we 71 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.

Till October, you're all I got.

When I went back to my hotel,
they'd 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.

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.

Surely, 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, isn't he?

- Yes.
- Then he's all right.

If he was under suspicion,
they'd never let him leave the country.

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, god.

So that's it.

But Cuba. What about Cuba?

Do try not to worry
about any of this anymore.

Put it all out of your head
best you can.

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 then.

That's all.

I'm, uh, closing
all the accounts in Moscow.

So I won't be going any more.

All right.

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

- How are you feeling?
- Much better.

She says I've been working too hard.

My body decided to give itself
a little vacation.

I want to keep him here
a few days to rest.

Then he should be back to normal.

Thank you.

Nina...

Can I talk with your father alone?

Really, I feel fine.

I couldn't wait to tell you...

What?

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 missile 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.

Excuse me, colonel?

I'm Irina,
from the trade ministry.

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

Yes, our preparations are going very well.

The minister has decided you
do not need to attend.

0h. Are we not sending a delegation?

We are... but the minister
feels your other work is too

valuable to neglect right now.

He would like you to remain in Moscow.

Of course.

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

The Soviets are standing firm,
but jfk's refusing to back down.

It's out of our hands now.
Anything could happen.

- Telegram.
- Thank you.

It's time. It's got to be.

- Time for what?
- Time to get him out.

- Greville, we can't get him out.
- Well, of course you can.

Well, then, what did you mean
when you said

you were gonna
help him to defect?

A family holiday to east Germany,
cross over in Berlin.

To try and smuggle them right
out of Moscow, I wouldn't dream of it.

But you're MI6 and CIA.

We 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.

It'd be a disaster.

And if they won't let him leave,
then what?

It was my idea
to bring you into all this.

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

What, and that's it?

You're just gonna 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 round,
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.

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.

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've 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'll 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.

I will do everything in my power
to get both of you out of there.

But I am telling you, don't do it.

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.

- Alex.
- Greville.

Wait...

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.
- Yeah, okay.

You're going to do fine.

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.

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 mains.

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?

And I'm also prepared to present
the evidence in this room,

which you can all examine
at your leisure.

It 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.

Bravo.

Bravo.

Bravo.

I have a light day.

I'll come home after lunch

we...

Can do something fun,
would you like that?

Yes, daddy.

And you could wear that red dress for me?

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.

Hello.

Can I take you to the airport?

Oh, that would be perfect.
Thank you.

Excuse me. What did they say?

They say, uh, we are sorry for the delay.

Thank you.

Vera.

We need to leave.

I have diplomatic status.

Have a seat, colonel.

Oleg, what's happening?

Tell her.

She didn't know anything,
you can see that.

Tell your family why we're here.

I am...

I am a traitor

I betrayed the revolution.

I'm so sorry.

I believed in you for so long.

I defended you around the kremlin.

And now this.

How long have you known?

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.

I swear my family did not know.

We will discuss your family later.

It's time to go.

Mr. Wynne.

I'm sorry. I don't understand.

He said, uh,
come with us, Mr. Wynne.

Why? What's going on?
I don't understand.

Mr. Wynne, please.

The union of Soviet socialist republics

has declared you persona non grata.

You are hereby ordered
to leave the country within 24 hours.

Strip.

Strip.

One, two, three...

Thank you.

You were right.

You were right too.

We had to try.

Mrs. Wynne?
I'm James dobbing with the board of trade.

May we come in? Yes, please.

Oh, my god.
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.

- No. No, of course not.
- Can icall greville?

- I need to speak to him.
- I don't...

No, I have to...
I have to tell him that I'm sorry.

I... I thought that he was...

My god, I've been so stupid.

- Mummy?
- Andrew, go to your room.

- Who are they?
- Andrew, go to your room.

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.

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.

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 have confessed to.

I'm... 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.

Uh... admit what?

I didn't know that
I was doing anything wrong.

You think stealing Soviet
intelligence wasn't wrong?

If that is what was happening,
I... 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?

Well, I dropped them off
at various addresses around London.

I... I never thought
anything of it.

Mr. Wynne, you are asking me to believe
that you are very, very stupid.

Huh. 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.

Hi.

Oh. That's so sweet of you.

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 just 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... I saw that ridiculous
piece in the mail.

It's 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 the Soviets?

He couldn't even hide
his affair from me.

- Right.
- Thank you again for dropping by,

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

We should have tea.

- Yes.
- Uh, I'll be in touch. Thank you.

Oh. All right.

Bye.

For years, the Americans have had their
nuclear missiles in Turkey,

aimed right at us.

Oh, but how dare we put missiles in Cuba.

Is that fair?

I don't know.

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

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

Why?

Why?

Why, for god's sake?

What have I done?

I didn't do anything!

What kind of men are you?

You're fucking animals!

Six months later

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?

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, it couldn't be helped.

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

The foreign office said
it's a very good sign

I'm being allowed to visit you.

They said it might still take
a while yet to get you home.

Since the Russians
backed down on Cuba,

they're being very stubborn now.

What happened in Cuba?

Oh, they removed the missiles.

- It's... it's all fine.
- No more about this.

And we're trying very hard.

It might take another...

It might take another year or...
Or two.

Tell me something about home.

Tell me what I have to look forward to.

Well, the garden's cooperating a bit,
finally.

And we have tomatoes this year.

And Andrew, he passed
his maths exam somehow.

You'd be proud.

How are you?

I'm...

I'm all right.

Really, I...

If you can be
strong enough for this...

When you come home,

I hope we can start again.

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 know.

I will.

I will.

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.

You feel guilty.

I know.

But you were doing your job.
And wynne is our countryman, Emily.

I promise we'll get him home.

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?

Alex.

I have not seen a mirror
for a long time.

I like to think I'm still who I was.

Pretend I am.

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 do you mean,
what you had to do?

I held back...

For as long as I could.

But I had 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 the 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,

it was for nothing.

Alex.

Of course I forgive you.

I have to look after my family too.

Easier now I know there's not
going to be a nuclear war,

because khrushchev
withdrew his missiles.

Because of you.

Because of you.

You did it. You did it, Alex.

You did it.

You... you did it.

Because of you, Alex.

You did it!

One year later

On April 22nd 1964,

greville wynne was released in exchange
for the Soviet spy konon molody.

Thank you.

Thank you. Thank you.

Maybe we are only two people.

But this is how things change.

- Daddy?
- Okay.

Where are you?

Greville wynne resumed his career in
business. He died peacefully in 1990.

Oleg penkovsky was executed and buried
in an unmarked grave.

His wife and children were allowed to live
quietly in Moscow.

Wynne and penkovsky smuggled

more than 5000 top-secret military
documents out of the ussr.

Penkovsky is considered the most valuable
Soviet source ever recruited by the west.

Shortly after the end of the
Cuban missile crisis,

a telephone hotline was established
between the white house and the kremlin.

This has prevented the world from ever
coming so close to nuclear catastrophe.

Wynne, you've just spoken
to your wife.

What were your first words to her
and what were her first words to you?

Well, I think we were both
rather speechless.

There were no words
for a few moments.

Have you any idea 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.

Will that be the same company?

Well, in my own company.

Will you travel in east Europe again?

Oh, now, that is quite a question,
which I can't answer today.