"This film is based on events which led to the fall of the Soviet Bloc, putting an end to a world dominated by two opposing powers." "I caught Olga rummaging in my things!" "MOSCOW, April 1981" "Watch the replay." "It's crazy." "Borg's ball was in." "Here it comes..." "Of course it was in!" "Hurry, or we'll miss the start." "Damien, let's go!" "Pierre..." " Are you coming?" " Sure." "Olga!" "Make sure you lock the door when you leave." "Okay?" "Good night." "Look at your sister." "See how good she is?" " She's really improved." " Yes." "I think I left the car open." "I'll go check." "Be right back." "You're so obsessive." "Be quick." "The match ¨between Borg and McEnroe has just ended,  with Borg the winner..." "Borg is finished." "Christ!" "What're you doing in my car?" "The back door was unlocked." "I was told to meet you in your car." "Speak French." "Look straight ahead, seems more natural." "Just in case..." "How's Jacques?" "He's fine." "He says all the Eastern Bloc French embassies are open to you and your family." "But I don't want to leave." "This is my homeland." "And I've got important things for you." "Fifteen high-ranking figures in the West working for us." "Your pals in the DST will love it." "I don't work for the DST." "You're not secret service?" "No, I..." "I work here for Thomson." "Jacques is my boss." "He just asked me to pass on the info." "I don't believe it!" "They sent me an amateur?" "Typically French!" "Typical..." "Sure you want to stay in Moscow?" "I don't want to defect like the others." "It's cheap." "I'm not afraid to die." "My country needs me." "I can change the world." "Tell Jacques I don't want to deal with greenhorns." "What I have to offer deserves better than a guy like you." "Well, my girl's show deserves better, too." "Lock the door as you go." "Good night." "What an asshole!" "Those French are useless." "Is Igor home?" "In his room." "The Communist Youth gave him a warning." "What for?" "He said Brezhnev was an old fool." "What's all this about Brezhnev?" "Well, that's what you call him." "But not in public, you idiot." "You'll get us into trouble." "Sorry!" "Wouldn't want to harm your brilliant career." "Don't you talk to me like that." "Whatever..." "I've work to do." "What are you listening to?" "Decadent Western music." "But don't worry." "Your pals dismantled the network." "So, bye-bye Queen." "Paris, May 1981" "I heard that job in New York is up for grabs?" "It won't be easy, Pierre." "It's a coveted post." "We'll see." "Pierre Froment, our engineer in Moscow." "Maurice Vallier, DST." "So, how did it go?" "I said..." "I was just doing it as a favor." "He wants to talk to a pro." "He's a dreamer, who thinks he can change the world." "That man is a colonel." "Colonel Grigoriev." "Born in Moldavia, he studied in Moscow." "The KGB nabbed him straight out of university." "Has a key post, everything goes via him." "He vets all incoming intelligence." "For us, it's unhoped-for." "That list of names is unprecedented in Cold War history." "Anyhow, I thank you for your help." "So, what happens now?" "You'll contact him directly?" "No way." "The KGB has a file on me." "Grigoriev himself compiled it in Paris." "No, as things stand, we'll resume control." "So, if you'll excuse me, gents..." "Washington, The White House" "Where were you?" "It's started." "In every street, shop and courtyard, behind every curtain, is an old woman," "one of our stalwart, Soviet babushkas who will have seen what no one else saw." "So let's raise our glasses to our babushkas, our true sentinels against imperialist attack." "Now, I'd like to introduce a new recruit, a lady who is no babushka," "Alina Samarova!" "Thank you." "Girls, less talk and more work!" "Who joyfully marches?" "Our column of pioneers." "Always there, in good cheer." "The Leninist pioneers!" "The Leninists are coming." " Be ready." " Ever ready!" " Be valiant!" " Ever valiant!" "I've been thinking." "We have to work together." "Paris sent someone new." "They're already on to him." "It'll never work." "Are you out of your mind?" "There's no danger." "The KGB has no interest in you." "You're already here, your file is blank, or almost." "You could've avoided marrying a former East German." "But she defected to the West in '57." "She was only eight, so it's all right." "Copy these files and meet me at Novoslobodskaya subway." "See you Thursday." "Hold on..." "Wait!" "This is incredible!" "The plan of the space shuttle." "It's crazy!" "With notes by Russian scientists." "They think the fuselage won't withstand the heat of atmospheric re-entry." "The six-month route plan of all French nuclear subs." "It's wild!" "But why?" "Why you?" "I don't know." "Maybe mistaken identity." "We've got to get rid of this stuff, and fast." "But it's top secret..." "Not so loud!" "Western intelligence would die for this!" "It's not your concern." "I married an engineer not James Bond." "Then I'll ask Jacques if..." "Where does Jacques come in?" "He does favors for the DST." "What?" "He told me a while ago." "Your boss trades with French Intelligence and some Russian drops top secrets in your car." "I'm no fool, Pierre." "Think we're all spies at Thomson?" "Jacques' DST dealings are his affair." "I'm not involved." "I hope not, we're in the lion's den here in Moscow." "So for your family's safety, burn that stuff and forget." "Forget it." "You're right." "Tomorrow, it goes." "The source level?" "Level 1." "We think the source will keep sending so we've set up a cell in the DST..." "Why is the DST involved?" "The source was stationed here in Paris from 1965 to 1970 during which time we approached him." "He recently contacted us." "If this is entrusted to our foreign intelligence, we'll lose the contact." "Our external espionage is infiltrated by the KGB." "The Russians see no point in infiltrating the DST as we only operate within France." "Glad to hear you say so." "You will continue to handle this, reporting to me in person." "As we agree, the fewer who know, the better." "I'll cover you, but I count on your loyalty." "Sir, I've devoted my life to defending France's interests." "That will be all." "Mr. President..." "What's that written here?" "One moment." "I gave the source a codename," ""Farewell" which means "Adieu. "" "Why not use "Adieu"?" "For the Russians, "Farewell" spells CIA." "It'll buy us time." "Come in!" "Montebello, G7 Summit, July 1981" "The USA cannot accept" "Communist ministers in Western Europe, or in any other country in the free world." "I therefore ask you, in the name of the values of freedom that I know unite us," "to review the composition of your government." "I was elected by a free people on a program I intend to implement." "And I'll fight any foreign interference to guarantee France free choice of its destiny." "Without wishing to interfere in American affairs," "I feel it is my duty as a true US ally to bring this to your attention." "A level 1 source passed on this list to us." "Fifteen US citizens working for NASA, the CIA, the Pentagon and the White House." "We believe they are in direct contact with Moscow." "The Pentagon..." "Pretty good, eh?" "I've also given you the plans of Air Force One." "It's interesting." "So what do we do about payment?" "They asked me how much you want." "You're becoming the perfect little spy." "Above suspicion." "No, I'm just the go-between till they find another solution." "How much do you want?" "Money!" "What I'm giving you is priceless." "Then I'll tell them." "Keep your money and bring me brandy and champagne from Paris." "They all come to my office looking for it." "The day they come no more..." "Don't you want to speak in Russian?" "I like speaking French." "Who can I speak with if not you?" "It'd be easier." "Next time, I'll bring champagne." "You're chauvinists, you French." "So are we." "I graduated as an engineer from here, in 1955." "As will my son Igor." "Still love your wife?" "Of course." "We all love our wives, in our own way." "Can you bring Igor back a Johnny Walkman?" "A Johnny Walkman?" "You mean a Sony Walkman?" "Yeah..." "Walkman." "Maybe Sony." "And cassettes by the American group, Keen." "Keen?" "No, Queen." "They're English." "Maybe..." "You like them?" "Yeah, I do." "The one I liked was Ferré." "Yeah, Ferré's good." "What poetry!" "And can you bring me back some French poems and some Ferré tapes?" "And some French toast?" "I'm not a department store!" "Your comings and goings are registered by the guys in the sentry box." "And there are two guys in a Lada who tail your car." "Plus Olga who rummages in our absence." "For those on watch, it's no fun." "Be nice to them." "Once they like you, they're not suspicious." "Next week, same circuit in the subway." " One more thing." " What?" "The French Residence is bugged to the hilt." "Yeah, I know." "Especially the bedrooms." "So if a guy isn't getting it from his wife, we set a girl on him and bingo." "If you want peace, screw your wife." "Funny, eh?" "No, not funny." "Excuse me." "I can't..." "Because of Igor and Sergei, too." "You can't live for others all your life." " You're unhappy, Natasha." " Enough!" "Just drive!" "I don't want to be seen here." "I'm sick of lying." "Think of yourself." "No, no new names as such but he gave us important documents which we'll pass on to you." "Didn't think you'd come." "I don't think I should have." "Nor I." "Sure, Comrade." "I'm a professional." "Move closer!" "Big smile!" "Thank you." "A worthy dream, Communism..." "Sure, your streets are overflowing with joy." "Not an easy dream to achieve." "Do you know what Russia was like in 1917?" "The Middle Ages." "Forty years later, we were the first to send a man into space." "The first!" "Today the regime is locked solid." "The system must be blown apart." "That's why I'm giving you all this information." "When the USSR can no longer pillage you, it will fall." "There'll be a new revolution." "I won't live to see it, but my son Igor will." "That will be my reward." "Speaking of Igor..." "I got what you asked for." "A Walkman, some Queen cassettes and a Léo Ferré for you." "Thank you." "For the poetry book I brought you this." "A text book we use in high school." "The 19th century, Baudelaire, Mallarmé..." "You'll love it." "I can't accept this." "It belongs to someone." "It was in storage, my wife no longer uses it." "She knows you gave it to me?" "Of course." "One quickly learns to lie, no?" "Me, too, I live in lies and solitude." "You can talk to Jacques and others about this." "But me," "I've only got you, Pierre." "Going on holidays?" "Yes, in two weeks." "To my parents." "I see." "Something wrong?" "Holidays were introduced in France by a Communist government." " Is that a dig?" " Kind of." "The little cat ran off" "into the grounds." "The dogs will attack it!" "Who left the door open?" "Let it go!" "It was out." "Pierre!" "Someone to see you." "Play on, I'll chat with your dad." "Be right there." "You asked Jacques to come here?" "Yes, to finalize a key deal." "What kind of deal?" "Not that again?" "Sorry, my imagination runs away with me." "That's okay." "So, where were we?" "Thanks to Farewell's last delivery, we now have a complete picture of the organization of Soviet espionage." "We're spied on not just by the KGB." "Every Eastern Bloc company, every scientific academy, even minor trade fair participants, are involved." "And all these networks send information that is centralized, analyzed and digested by an outfit previously unknown to us, the VPK." "I don't yet have reliable enough information to answer that." "Probably why you decided never to tell us about it." "Continue." "We calculated that the Soviets spend more on industrial espionage than on research." "They don't want to just gamble on research." "What they want, above all, are solid results and it's costing them a fortune." "This pillaging accounts for over 40% of their overall budget in the arms race." "They gave me this for you." "And another, in case one breaks down." "Minox cameras?" "CIA material?" "Are they involved?" "Not really." "They know the DST has a source here but don't know your or my identity." "Why these?" "We were doing fine by ourselves." "These cameras are accurate under any conditions." "So from now on photograph the files and quit lugging them around!" "Someone in the CIA gave you these cameras so they know who you are and thus who I am." "Not at all." "Jacques gave them to me in secret." "I stashed them in my son's Xmas gift." "Will that do?" "I want out, Sergei." "I'm getting in too deep." "It's a big operation." "Even has a codename," ""Farewell. "" "It reports to Mitterrand and Reagan." "And I'm sick of having to lie to my wife." "This is our last meeting." "For the next step, they'll get in touch." "You're arrogant, pretentious and pathetic, you Westerners." "It's me who decides how, to whom, and what" "I give." "Tell your DST morons that we change nothing, nothing!" "No one uses me, not ever." "Go to hell!" "Fuck you, Grigoriev!" "I too decide." "I'm through." "I've done my bit." "I'll not wreck my life for the State." "So, good luck and goodbye!" "Not so fast." "So, young man, what were you doing in that car?" "Papers, please." "You bloody idiot!" "What are you playing at?" "Get back in the car." "My cousin from Leningrad." "He's a deaf mute." "I know you're angry." "But we're going to finish this together, Pierre." "A crucial file is due soon in my department." "The X Line." "Bingo!" "So, what is this?" "It's the X Line." "The crème de la crème, all the top agents abroad." "If I give you the X list, the system is dead." "Do you know your wife's favorite poem?" "I'm in no mood for poetry." "The Death of the Wolf by Alfred de Vigny." "What's it about?" "A couple of wolves, and their cubs hunted by the poet and his friends." "One cub is trailing and the hunters are closing." "So the male stops and waits while the she-wolf flees with the cubs." "Of course the hunters slaughter the daddy wolf who dies in silence." "In silence." "Are you scared?" "Sure, I'm scared." "For my kids, my wife, myself." "Even with diplomatic protection." "Diplomatic protection?" "For me, it'd be the special treatment." "For you, a truck." "An unlucky traffic accident." "Beware of truckers." "Drop me at Smolenskaya." "Suits me and it's near your home." "You followed me?" "No need." "I asked Jacques for your details plus a family photo." "I know a lot about you, too." "Once you have that file, agree to defect with your family." "Until it blows over." "You can return as a hero." "For them, I'll always be a traitor." "I'm doing the dirty work no one else wants to do." "See you Thursday." "Good evening." "Good evening." "Come." "Hey, Igor." "How was your day?" "Interested in what I do now?" "I had a super day." "We studied the five-year plan under Khrushchev, solved some neat differential equations, debated on poverty in New York, had potatoes for lunch..." "Overall, pretty good." "Who's that lady with your mom?" "She came to see the pups." "Mom put an ad in..." "Sergei!" "Did you see the dog breeding book?" "Sergei!" "Seen the dog book?" "I was browsing it the other evening." "Where?" "Look under the couch." ""Who's that lady with your mom?"" "Pathetic!" "Igor, in married life there are times when..." "Spare me, will you?" "You lie to me, to Mom, to everyone." "And it's not just your job, it's your nature." "But leave Mom and I out of your lying, okay?" "It stinks." "Only cowards and traitors lie!" "Let me see." "Are you crazy!" "Stay there, don't move, don't touch it." "Don't worry, I won't tell." "But don't you ever preach to me." "Now leave my room." "Get out of my room!" "You're crazy!" "Don't you realize?" "I couldn't resist seeing where you lived, what she was like, how she talked, how you lived together." "I couldn't help myself!" "Things are moving too fast." "We need more time to see clearly." "Sergei, forgive me." "I don't understand." "Sorry for the hurt I've caused you." "Sergei, I'm here for you, whatever happens." "Hello, what's the problem?" "Good morning, Captain." "Last night my wife and I got back about 4 a. m." "and there was no one here to note our return." "Sorry, but that's serious." "The register." "According to your documents, I'm still out, yet I'm standing here talking to you." "We were short of staff last night at an embassy." "But you're right." "I assure you, it won't happen again." "I trust you, Captain." "No hard feelings." "Hold on." "Some brandy I bought for an office party." "Drink to our health." "Thank you." "Why here?" "We said your car." "I brought what you asked for." "I messed up, Pierre." "I have a mistress." "My son knows and so does Natasha." "So?" "Every couple has its ups and downs." "Now my son hates me." "The risks I'm taking are mainly for him." "Why not just tell him the truth?" "He won't listen to me, ever again." "Nothing for me?" "The X Line?" "Be patient." "Any day now." "There's nothing of interest in the bookcase." "Beside the bed is my wife's diary, with all her cultural meetings for the next month." "Show that to your bosses." "It'll make a good impression." "Okay?" "THANKS" "Take care, it's fragile." "A whole life of taking care." "What's wrong?" "I saw you today in the park with that man." "You're pitiful, totally mad." "You've lied from the start, and I've had enough." "I'm leaving you, Pierre, I no longer trust you." "I have to protect our kids from all of this." "No, leave me alone." "I brought documents West four times." "I photographed them, took the films to Paris like any tourist." "Never had any problem." "They're being examined at the Elysée and at the White House." "For the first time, things can change." "But I told Jacques it was over." "I'm through." "I've made myself ill hiding things, lying to you." "I've developed an ulcer." "I know I should've explained that we weren't at risk." "But out of cowardice, I chose to lie." "I totally messed up." "But I still love you." "Give me one more chance." "I'm asking Jacques for that job in New York." "And I'll get it, I swear." "From now on, if it concerns you, I'll ask you," "I promise." "You never even asked me about New York." "But it was you who wanted to go." "Look at me." "Come here." "What are you doing?" "Nothing." "Anatoly was supposed to give me back my report on French armament." "Know where he left it?" "He took it to the meeting." "You didn't go?" "Miss a meeting gain a morning!" "We haven't met or spoken for so long." "I've had a lot of work lately..." "But let's meet Wednesday evening, we need to talk." "What's got into you?" "His father routed an SS division during the war." "My father was in the rear, a simple cook." "But I'm better than him..." "No?" "The other day, he came in all excited and asked me, "Alina, what does Farewell mean?"" "So I told him and he said, "I learnt French" ""to have a nice cushy job" ""and now they're plaguing me with English!"" "I'm going to play a joke on good old Anatoly." "What kind of..." " On Wednesday?" " Wednesday." "It's over, Pierre." "The entire X Line is in your pocket." "We've won." "When you get back from Paris, we'll have champagne." "I've become music mad since this began." "No need to be paranoid." "They don't bug everyone." "Not in Paris." "Jacques, my wife's worried sick in Moscow." "She can't take any more." "We have to leave." "New York is first up, we want it." "Not I alone decide." "They'll listen to you." "The X Line." "Complete?" "Yes, complete." "I'll persuade Grigoriev to defect with his family." "Once I know how, he can prepare." "That's madness, Pierre." "For New York, we'll see." "But for a working source to defect, it's not on." "It is, if I say so." "He and I alone have risked our necks in this." "But no more." "I want you to guarantee my and his safety." "Well?" "Where do you get these French songs?" "Can't I keep a few secrets?" "I'm leaving for Leningrad in two weeks." "They needed an interpreter, I accepted." "You'll never leave your wife and son." "I understood when I came to visit." "You're a bit of a coward." "Like all married men..." "Sergei." "Hold me in your arms and take me home." "Glasgow" "Washington" "Munich" "After numerous consultations with my advisors," "I believe there's another way." "It's up to us to come up with a program to counter the impressive Soviet nuclear missile threat with defensive measures placed in terrestrial orbit." "There are risks, and the results will take time, but I think that we can pull it off." "As we take this step," "I ask you for your prayers and your support." "Thank you." "Good night and God bless you." "Amen!" "So..." "What do you in the KGB know about these" ""defensive measures in terrestrial orbit"?" "There were leaks in the American press, they call it "Star Wars. "" "Answer my question." "Unfortunately, that's all we know." "We've lost almost all our Western sources." "But it's only temporary." "I've ordered a full-scale inquiry, which is proceeding rapidly." "And if we'd to invent our own Star Wars program, how long would it take?" "Ten years, minimum." "Thank you, gentlemen." "Andropov asked me to go to Geneva for him given that he's ill." "I'll see Reagan." "I'll try to convince him to abandon this project." "But I'm not too hopeful." "He'll go all the way, now he knows that we can't keep an eye on what they're doing." "Our country's in a very critical and serious situation, General." "It must find a new lease of life, a new energy, or it will sink into chaos." "What this country needs is change, urgent Perestroika!" "What are you doing?" " Sorry?" " Leave." "Want a coffee?" "Never in the afternoon." "Night fell hours ago." "Did you tell Natasha I was in Moscow?" "How is she?" "In her letter she said it was very tough for her." "How silly of me." "You know all that." "Did you read it?" "I have a feeling we'll get back together, she and I." "Those Americans are clever." "Choosing a guy so passionate about French culture." "If you tell me who your contact was at the US embassy and what exactly you gave him, you can save your skin." "Tell me." ""But the wolf cubs played on in silence" ""Knowing full well that nearby, lying low" ""Safe within his walls slept man, their foe... "" "Face the facts." "You're here because your friends betrayed you." "You're all alone." "Have a good think about my offer." ""He looked at us once more, then laid him out" ""While licking the blood smeared around his snout... "" "So long." "What have you done?" "Nothing." "They've mistaken me for someone who's working for the Americans." "They'll see they're wrong." "Don't worry." "Igor didn't come?" "He's in school." "He says hello." "Don't cry, my darling." "Chin up." "Tell them everything and you can come home." "It was he who told you that?" "Sergei, forgive me." "I beg you." "And you, too." "Is that what you want,  for me to come home?" "Yes." "Madam..." "Please!" "I'm a friend of your husband." "I'm French." "Where is he?" "Is he ill?" "My husband doesn't know you." "The KGB and their sick traps." "It's shameful!" "It's not a trap." "I can help you." "Leave us be." " I live at the French Residence..." " Go away!" "Searched the parents' bedroom?" "Not yet, but I will." "Go look in the son's room." "Okay." "Come look at this." "Fuck me!" "It runs in your family!" "What?" "Nothing." "I need to know." "Why have the KGB locked up my father?" "Why are we being searched?" "What the hell is going on?" "When was he arrested?" "Why?" "How is he?" "You tell me." "Fuck!" "Answer me!" "Igor, you know nothing about your dad." "LEAVE" "Let me show you something." "Don't worry, we informed the owner you'll be late returning it." "Miss Jessica Zimmermann." "Her file is blank." "She's now Mrs. Froment." "Married to Pierre Froment, two children, all living at the French Residence." "What are you up to with that poem?" "You've scribbled all over it in Russian and in French." "Why?" "I stole that book at a literary evening at the French Institute." "I liked that poem, The Death of the Wolf." "I had the idea of building a code from each couplet, an ingenious new syntax." "He's taking us for a ride." "Trying to buy time?" "Well, I've got lots and you'll talk!" ""The Slavish Pact, "" "that was how I called my syntax." ""Not to enter into that slavish pact" ""That beasts more servile with man did contract... "" "He left alone on foot at 8:15 telling the guard his wife needed the car and that he'd be back at 7:00 p. m." "Did you tail him?" "He was above suspicion, there was no reason to." "And his wife?" "She left at 9:00 by car with the kids." "Said she was going shopping." " Didn't follow her either?" " No." "The Lada was withdrawn due to staff shortage." "Well, then..." "The airport is your last chance." "Those French had better not take off." "We've called through." "They won't get away." "And he said he'd be back..." "Heads will roll if they take off." "Heads will roll." "Don't worry, it'll be fine..." "Where are you going?" "You kids stay put." "Damn it!" "Do you realize what you've got us into?" "Ever think about your children?" "You lied to us, you betrayed us." "Damn you!" "Still no sign at the airport." "They've holed up somewhere." "Playing hide and seek." " By road!" " What?" "I bet they've headed for the Finnish border." "Would you drive 800 kilometers north in winter with two kids?" "I don't have kids." "Papers, please." "Good evening." "Where to and what for?" "Alexei!" "Stay right there." "Your license isn't signed." "Sure, I'll sign it." "What's going on?" "Someone tried to get across." " Go ahead." " Thanks." "Good night." "Stop!" "The wolf cubs have fled, to safety." "Igor and Natasha knew nothing about it." "Absolutely nothing." "Anyhow, Natasha would never have agreed." "She hates lies as you well know." "Stick to the facts." "I don't want to die like the others, a bullet in the head." "You have no say in that." "Sure I do." "Nothing will ever be the same, a long night begins." "There can be no change without sacrifice." "To survive, this country must change." "It'll change thanks to you, Sergei?" "What do you want?" "Your statue in the Kremlin?" "Thanks for coming, Igor." "When I think of all those times I wanted to talk but you locked yourself in your room," " and now..." " Stop, Dad." "So what happens now?" "Everything will change, a whole new world..." "It won't be easy, but you're young, intelligent." "You'll find your place." "Dad, I meant for you." "What happens for you?" "We'll work it out, with Gorbachev and the others..." "We'll come to an agreement." "You're sure?" "Yes." "Separate them!" "Get him out of here!" "Dad!" "My son!" "NATO Base|"