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Resident Return (1982)

Resident Return poster
Original title
Возвращение резидента
Directed by
Venyamin Davydovich Dorman
Genre
thriller film
Country
Soviet Union
Runtime
2h 09m
Rating
5.9 of 10 from 15 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This is a Soviet thriller from 1982. It follows a spy named Mikhail Tulyev as he stops a sabotage plot by Western intelligence agencies.

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What happens

Resident Return (Russian: Возвращение резидента), also known as Resident Is Back, is a 1982 Soviet thriller film directed by Venyamin Dorman. It is the third of four films based around the same character, the spy Mikhail Tulyev, played by Georgy Zhzhyonov. The first one, The Secret Agent's Blunder (Resident's Mistake) was made in 1968, with Secret Agent's Destiny (Resident's Way) following in 1970. End of the Resident Project (Konets operatsii Rezident) was released in 1986. The film is a continuation of the films “The Secret Agent's Blunder” and Secret Agent's Destiny. Mikhail Tulyev prevents the sabotage action of Western intelligence agencies. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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