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01/06/1984 Drama, Romance 1h 27m
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Convention outraged. A class abandoned. A country betrayed.

Overview

In Moscow in 1983, an American journalist interviews Guy Bennett, who recalls his last year at public school, fifty years before, and how it contributed to his becoming a spy.

  1. Marek Kanievska

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Rupert Everett

    Guy Bennett

  2. Colin Firth

    Tommy Judd

  3. Michael Jenn

    Barclay

  4. Robert Addie

    Delahay

  5. Rupert Wainwright

    Donald Devenish

  6. Cary Elwes

    James Harcourt

  7. Tristan Oliver

    Fowler

  8. Anna Massey

    Imogen Bennett

  9. Philip Dupuy

    Martineau

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf
Written by CinemaSerf on 2023-06-08
Told by way of a interview retrospective, this is a tale of disillusionment and political naivety amongst the English upper classes in the 1930s. Guy Bennett (Rupert Everett) was a student at Cambridge University - openly gay to his fellow students - on the periphery of the social and political norms of the day. His friend Tommy Judd (Colin Firth) and he bonded largely out of a desire for non-conformity, not because they believed in the same ideals; Firth a fervent Marxist, Everett ambitious - perhaps because of his sexuality - to reach the top of the hierarchical structure at the school. He f...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$2,256,000.00

Revenue
$0.00

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