TASS Is Authorized to Declare... (1984)

Original title

ТАСС уполномочен заявить...

Directed by

Vladimir Fokin

Genre

detective television series

Country

Soviet Union

Length

1 season, 10 episodes

Rated

16+

Rating

6.9 of 10 from 14 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

In the Cold War era, Soviet and American intelligence agencies engage in a secret struggle. A KGB general leads the effort to uncover and counter a foreign spy operation on Soviet soil.

tensesuspensefulcold war atmospheremethodicalseriousintelligentretrodeliberate

What happens

TASS Is Authorized to Declare... (Russian: ТАСС уполномочен заявить..., translit. TASS upolnomochen zayavit...) is a 1984 Soviet spy miniseries directed by Vladimir Fokin. The series is set in the Cold War era and portrays a struggle between Soviet and American intelligence agencies. It is based on a novel by the same name by Yulian Semyonov (the author of cult spy series Seventeen Moments of Spring). Seventeen Moments star Vyacheslav Tikhonov played KGB General Konstantinov, the protagonist of the "TASS..." series. Original film music score was composed by Eduard Artemyev as a blend of progressive rock and electronic music. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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