''A Different Loyalty'' is a 2004

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inspired by the story of British traitor

Kim Philby Harold Adrian Russell "Kim" Philby (1 January 191211 May 1988) was a British intelligence officer and a double agent for the Soviet Union. In 1963 he was revealed to be a member of the Cambridge Five, a spy ring which had divulged British s ...

's love affair and marriage to Eleanor Brewer in

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and his eventual defection to the

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. The story takes place in the 1960s and stars

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and

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. In the film, the characters have fictitious names. The film was entered into the

26th Moscow International Film Festival The 26th Moscow International Film Festival was held from 18 to 27 July 2004. The Golden George was awarded to the Russian film '' Our Own'' directed by Dmitriy Meshiev. Jury * Alan Parker (United Kingdom – Chairman of the Jury) * Jerzy Stuh ...

. Though not credited, the story is based on Eleanor Brewer Philby's 1967 book ''Kim Philby: The Spy I Loved'', published in 1967. The screenplay was written by

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. It was a

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/ UK/

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co-production. ''A Different Loyalty'' was not released theatrically in the United States.

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