Overview

An unfinished film by Oleksandr Dovzhenko, the film is a political lampoon based on the book entitled The Truth about US Diplomats, written in 1949 by the American writer Annabel Bukar. It exposes the underhanded actions of US Embassy personnel in Moscow at the onset of the Cold War. Dovzhenko managed to shoot only a half of the film, mainly the scenes that take place in the American Embassy.

Top Cast

Liliya Gritsenko

Anna Badford

Nikolai Gritsenko

Armand Haward

Yuri Lyubimov

Lyudmila Shagalova

Grigoriy Shpigel

Gotlib Roninson

Yan Yanakiyev

Rostislav Yurenev

Himself (introduction)

Aleksandr Polinskiy

Murrow

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Nikolay Korshunov

Officer in the embassy

Konstantin Mikhailov

Robert Divers