The Serpent (1973) on Netflix
In France, a high-ranking KGB official, Aleksey Teodorovic Vlassov, defects. He offers classified information to Western intelligence for passage to the United States.
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Plot summary
Aleksey Teodorovic Vlassov holds a senior post in the KGB. While he is in France, he defects, and he brings highly classified material with him. In return for being allowed to reach the United States, he agrees to share what he knows with Western intelligence. The debriefing takes place at Langley, run by DCI Allan Davies for the CIA, with Philip Boyle of MI6 present. Vlassov supplies a list of Soviet agents active in Western Europe, including one placed deep inside NATO.
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