Death at the Start (1982)

Original title

Смерть на взлёте

Directed by

Khasan Bakayev

Genre

spy film

Country

Soviet Union

Runtime

1h 25m

Rating

4.7 of 10 from 3 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

A Soviet intelligence officer works to uncover a Western spy operation. The film depicts a cat-and-mouse game between opposing spy agencies.

suspensefulgrimseriouscold war tensionslow-burnmethodicalstarkunderstated

What happens

«Смерть на взлёте» — советский художественный фильм о противостоянии советской и западной разведок, снятый в 1982 году по мотивам книги бывшего сотрудника НКВД — КГБ Андрея Соловьёва «Волки гибнут в капканах». Премьера по ТВ состоялась 14 февраля 1983 года. Лидер кинопроката СССР 1983 года — занял тринадцатую строчку в общем прокате и пятую строчку среди отечественных лент, фильм посмотрели 23 800 000 зрителей. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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