The Dog It Was That Died (1989)
- Directed by
- Peter Wood
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Runtime
- 1h 04m
- Rating
- 5.0 of 10 from 2 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A spy becomes unsure which intelligence agency he is really working for. The story follows his crisis of identity and loyalty as he tries to figure out the truth.
theatricalwittysuspensefulintellectualdryparanoidquirkybritish
What happens
The Dog It Was That Died is a play by the British playwright Tom Stoppard. Written for BBC Radio in 1982, it concerns the dilemma faced by a spy over who he actually works for. The play was also adapted for television by Stoppard, and broadcast in 1988. The title is taken from Oliver Goldsmith's poem "An Elegy on the Death of a Mad Dog". (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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