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Spy Games
''Spy Games'' (released in some countries as ''History Is Made at Night'') is a 1999 film directed by Ilkka Järvi-Laturi, and starring Bill Pullman, Irène Jacob, and Bruno Kirby. Written by Patrick Amos, the film is about a jaded CIA agent and a young and beautiful SVR agent fighting to save the world, their lives, and their secret love in post Cold War Helsinki. Filmed in Helsinki, Finland and New York City, the movie incorporates elements of romance, action, and thriller genres. The film premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival on 10 September 1999. Plot Harry (Bill Pullman) is a seasoned CIA agent who is looking to forget his past and become his cover identity—a jazz club owner in Helsinki, Finland. Natasha (Irène Jacob) is a young, ambitious SVR (KGB) agent who is looking to secure a future for herself amidst the chaos of the new Russian Federation and her floundering intelligence agency. Originally assigned to spy on Harry, Natasha has fallen in love wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ilkka Järvi-Laturi
Ilkka Untamo Järvi-Laturi (28 November 1961 – 5 March 2023) was Finnish-born US-based film director whose best known film was ''Spy Games'' (1999) starring Bill Pullman and Irene Jacob. The film was shot in Helsinki, New York (state), New York and Toronto. Järvi-Laturi had a cameo role in the film. Before making the film ''Spy Games'', Järvi-Laturi directed and served as co-director of several films in Finland. He has also acted in the 1985 film ''The Unknown Soldier (1985 film), The Unknown Soldier''. Järvi-Laturi won the Nordic Film Prize for the best Scandinavian Film of The Year and the highest Finnish film prize Jussi Award Filmiaura ry, accessed 6 December 2015 (best screenplay) in 1990 for Kotia Päin (''Homebound''). His Estonian actioner ''Darkness in Tallinn'' is the most widely distributed Estonian film so far, and won the Silver Alexander in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Foreign Intelligence Service (Russia)
The Foreign Intelligence Service of the Russian Federation ( rus, Служба внешней разведки Российской Федерации, r=Sluzhba vneshney razvedki Rossiyskoy Federatsii , p=ˈsluʐbə ˈvnʲɛʂnʲɪj rɐˈzvʲɛtkʲɪ) or SVR RF ( rus, СВР РФ) is Russia's external intelligence agency, focusing mainly on civilian affairs. The SVR RF succeeded the First Chief Directorate (PGU) of the KGB in December 1991.The Security Organs of the Russian Federation: A Brief History 1991–2004' by Jonathan Littell, Psan Publishing House 2006. The SVR has its headquarters in the Yasenevo District of Moscow. Unlike the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB), the SVR is tasked with intelligence and espionage activities outside the Russian Federation. It works together with the Russian Main Intelligence Directorate ( rus, Главное разведывательное управление, r= Glavnoye razvedyvatel'noye upravleniye, p= ˈglavnəjə rɐzˈvʲɛd ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kati Outinen
Anna Katriina "Kati" Outinen (born 17 August 1961) is a Finnish actress who has often played leading female roles in Aki Kaurismäki's films. Outinen was born in Helsinki. Having studied under Jouko Turkka during his "reign" of drama studies in Finland, she nevertheless has never been associated with the "''turkkalaisuus''" school of acting methodology. Her breakthrough role was as a tough girl in the generational classic youth film '' Täältä tullaan elämä'' (1980) by Tapio Suominen. In 1984, she appeared in '' Aikalainen''. Besides a strong domestic reputation gained through a widely varied list of roles in theater and television drama, film director Aki Kaurismäki's films have brought Outinen international attention and even adulation, particularly in Germany and France. Her first work together with Kaurismäki was '' Shadows in Paradise'' in 1986. At the 2002 Cannes Film Festival, Outinen won the award for Best Actress for the Kaurismäki film ''The Man Without a Past' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bob Sherman (actor)
Robert "Bob" Sherman (November 16, 1940 in Redwood City, California – August 30, 2004 in London) was an American-born dramaturge, playwright and film and television actor, best remembered for his role as CIA agent Jeff Ross in the British television series ''The Sandbaggers''. Select films *''Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things'' (1972) - Ghoul *'' The Cherry Picker'' (1974) - James Burn III *''The Great Gatsby'' (1974) - Detective at Pool *''Feelings'' (1975) - Michael *'' The Ritz'' (1976) - Patron (scenes deleted) *''The Pink Panther Strikes Again'' (1976) - C.I.A. Agent *'' The Spy Who Loved Me'' (1977) - Executive Officer (USS Wayne Crewman) *''First Monday in October'' (1981) - Senator #2 *''Ragtime'' (1981) - Policeman No. 10 *''Who Dares Wins'' (1982) - Hagen *''Krypskyttere'' (1982) - Streufert, major *'' Sheena'' (1984) - Grizzard *''Haunters of the Deep'' (1984) - Mr. Roche *'' Little Shop of Horrors'' (1986) - Agent *'' Superman IV: The Quest for Peace'' (198 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Saari
Henry Saari (born 14 January 1964, in Pori, Finland), also known as Henry the Great (''Henry Suuri'') is a Finnish actor, director and porn star. In 1993, Saari won the title of Mr. Finland and placed 3rd in the Mr. Europe contest. He is known colloquially in Spanish-speaking countries as “El Cinturonero de Finland.” Saari is best known for the five eponymous ''Henry the Great'' movies he directed and starred in between 1998 and 2001. Aside from his pornographic work, Saari had parts in the Hollywood movie '' History Is Made at Night'' (1999) and the mainstream Finnish movies ''Young Gods'' (2003) and ''Bunny the Killer Thing ''Bunny the Killer Thing'' is a 2015 Finnish slasher comedy film directed by Joonas Makkonen, based on his similarly titled short film. It was first screened at the Marché du Film in Cannes in May 2015, and released to cinemas in Finland on 6 Nov ...'' (2015). References External links * 1964 births Living people People from Pori Finnish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marcia Diamond
Marcia Diamond (23 November 1925 – 12 February 2021) was a Canadian actress. Born in Calgary, Marcia attended school in Vancouver and participated in school broadcast over CBR. While at Northwestern University in Illinois in the 1940s, Marcia was heard in a number of plays on the Northwestern University Radio Playhouse productions. Marcia was married to Harry Irving Cohen and had children. Partial filmography *'' Class of '44'' (1973) - Mrs. Gilhuly *'' Deranged'' (1974) - Jenny Kootz *'' Black Christmas'' (1974) - Woman *''125 Rooms of Comfort'' (1974) - Doris *''Ticket to Heaven'' (1981) - Esther *''Sing'' (1989) - Jewish Mother *''Sam & Me'' (1991) - Hannah Cohen *'' PCU'' (1994) - Pampers Woman *''Spy Games ''Spy Games'' (released in some countries as ''History Is Made at Night'') is a 1999 film directed by Ilkka Järvi-Laturi, and starring Bill Pullman, Irène Jacob, and Bruno Kirby. Written by Patrick Amos, the film is about a jaded CIA agent a ...'' (1999) - Laur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Linda Zilliacus
Linda Elvira Zilliacus (née ''Gyllenberg'', born 25 April 1977 in Helsinki) is a Swedish-speaking Finnish actor. Since 2001 she has been married to Tobias Zilliacus. Selected filmography * ''Evil'' (2003) * '' About Sara'' (2006) * ''Moscow Noir ''Moscow Noir'' ( sv, Dirigenten) is a Swedish-Russian financial thriller television series. It focusses on Tom Blixen (played by Adam Pålsson), an investment manager from Sweden who is involved in a shady trade deal with an oil company in Mosco ...'' (2021) External links * * * Actresses from Helsinki Living people 1977 births Swedish-speaking Finns 21st-century Finnish actresses {{Finland-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Féodor Atkine
Féodor Atkine is a French actor of Russian-Polish origin, born on 27 February 1948 in Paris. A screen performer, he has participated in numerous plays, films and television series in France and abroad. Life and career Féodor Atkine was born to a Russian father from Harbin, capital of Manchuria, in northeast China, whose family had fled the pogroms in Poland and Ukraine to take refuge in the Far East the day before of the Russo-Japanese War. He has the distinction of participating in many productions where he speaks in French, English and/or Spanish; he has been involved in films by Woody Allen, Claude Zidi, Raoul Ruiz, Claude Lelouch, Pedro Almodóvar, Éric Rohmer, etc. He has participated in several plays as well as radio productions. Atkine is also known for dubbing in American films or television series but also for characters in Disney productions. He is (among others) the regular French voice of William Hurt, Ben Kingsley, Hugo Weaving and Hugh Laurie (which he not ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
André Oumansky
André Oumansky (born 15 August 1933) is a French actor. He appeared in more than eighty films since 1958. Filmography References External links * 1933 births Living people French male film actors French male television actors French male stage actors French male voice actors French National Academy of Dramatic Arts alumni Place of birth missing (living people) {{France-film-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Udo Kier
Udo Kierspe (born 14 October 1944), known professionally as Udo Kier, is a German actor. Known primarily as a character actor, Kier has appeared in more than 220 films in both leading and supporting roles throughout Europe and the Americas. He has collaborated with acclaimed filmmakers such as Lars von Trier, Gus Van Sant, Werner Herzog, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Walerian Borowczyk, Kleber Mendonça Filho, Dario Argento, Charles Matton, Guy Maddin, Alexander Payne, and Paul Morrissey. Early life Kier was born in Cologne, near the end of World War II. The hospital where he was born was bombed by the invading Allied forces moments after his birth, and he and his mother had to be dug out of the rubble. He grew up without a father. In his youth, he was an altar boy and cantor. He moved to London, England at the age of 18 to learn English. Career In 1966, Kier was cast in the lead role for the film ''Road to St. Tropez''. An early starring role in Andy Warhol's Frankenstein (19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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