Man on a String
Item
- Title
- Man on a String
- Description
- After 1919, Russian Boris Mitrov immigrates to the USA where he becomes an American citizen.Over the decades he builds a career in the film industry. In 1959, Mitrov is a movie producer with many rich influential friends. He continues to cultivate other Russian émigrés like himself and even some members of the Soviet Embassy in Washington.One of his Soviet friends is Embassy official Vladimir "Vadja" Kubelov.In reality, Kubelov is a KGB colonel who finds Mitrov useful to the Soviet cause by providing certain services.For instance, Mitrov provides reference letters of employment for various Soviet sleeper agents in the USA. Mitrov throws parties for Soviet diplomats, spies and American Communists such as millionaire bankers Adrian and Helen Benson. All these activities catch the attention of American intelligence agency CBI which places Mitrov and his entourage under close surveillance. When the CBI confronts Mitrov about his activities, he admits it but claims naiveté. (IMDB)
- Shelf Location: B.3, C.3
- Date
- 1960
- Format
- 35mm film
- Identifier
- 2010.228
- 2010.229
- 2010.230
- 2010.231
- 2010.232
- 2010.233
- 2010.234
- Publisher
- RD-DR Productions
- producer
- Louis de Rochemont
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