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The Iron Curtain (1948)  link to The Iron Curtain on IMDb  

Number: 1593

poster The Iron Curtain

IMDb Rating:
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6.4/10 (566 votes)

Country: USA, 87 minutes

Spoken Languages: English

Genre(s): Biography, Crime, History, Thriller

Director(s): Harold Ramis

Video Codec: Unknown

Storyline:
Soviet soldier turned bureaucrat Igor Gouzenko is assigned to his first overseas posting in 1943 to Ottawa, Canada, as a cipher clerk for the military attaché, their offices in a secret wing of the Soviet embassy. Igor is not to tell anyone what he does for a living, he given a cover story which he is to recite even when questioned by his own people. He and his wife Anna Gouzenko are supposed to be cordial to their Canadian neighbors and associates, but not fraternize or befriend them, as they are still considered the enemy, despite both countries being on the same side in the war. Igor follows his instructions to a T, but it is more difficult for Anna, who does not have the distraction of work during the day, and who can see that their neighbors are not their enemies but good people much like themselves. Over the next few years, Igor sees that what is happening around him and the work in which he is involved will not result in a world in which he wants to raise his newborn son, ...

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Cast:

photo Dana Andrews Dana Andrews Igor Gouzenko
photo Gene Tierney Gene Tierney Anna Gouzenko
photo June Havoc June Havoc Nina Karanova
photo Berry Kroeger Berry Kroeger John Grubb, aka 'Paul'
photo Edna Best Edna Best Mrs. Albert Foster

Medium: Digital Copy,

Location: F:\Films\The Iron Curtain\The Iron Curtain.mkv

Loaned: No

Aspect ratio: 4:3