Rating: NR
Genre:
Spy Film
Release Date: 01/20/2004
Sound: DD2
Run Time: 88 min
Flags: Suitable for Children, Adult Language
Distributor/Studio: Live/Artisan
Made for British television,
Yuri Nosenko, KGB stars Oleg Rudnik in the title role. Based on a true story, the film concerns Nosenko's defection to the west in 1964. To make certain that he hasn't been sent to the US as a Russian "mole", Nosenko is subject to a grueling interrogation, headed by American agent Steve Daley (Tommy Lee Jones). The script is derived from the actual transcripts of that interrogation, together with contemporary interviews and newspaper articles. Whenever a gap in the continuity arises, the filmmakers do an admirable job supplying speculative dialogue.
~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide