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  1. The Courier
    PG-132021 · Historical drama · 1h 51m

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  1. In 1960, Oleg Penkovsky, a high ranking Soviet official and GRU intelligence officer with access to top secret nuclear information, is disillusioned with Khrushchev's leadership in light of the growing threat of a nuclear war with the United States. He reaches out to the CIA and offers to provide information that could help de-escalate the ...

    • Greville Wynne

      Greville Maynard Wynne (19 March 1919 – 28 February 1990)...

    • Oleg Penkovsky

      Oleg Vladimirovich Penkovsky (Russian: Олег Владимирович...

  2. THE COURIER is a true-life spy thriller, the story of an unassuming British businessman Greville Wynne (Benedict Cumberbatch) recruited into one of the greatest international conflicts in history.

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    • Dominic Cooke
    • PG-13
    • Benedict Cumberbatch
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  3. Mar 19, 2021 · The film takes place during the height of the Cold War. It stars Benedict Cumberbatch as Greville Wynne, a middle-class mid-level British business man. Oleg Penkovsky, portrayed by Mereb Ninindze, is a high-ranking Soviet official who knows that there's a real chance of nuclear war.

    • (74K)
    • Drama, History, Mystery
    • Dominic Cooke
    • 2021-03-19
  4. Mar 17, 2021 · Wynne was a British businessman who, from 1960 and 1962, smuggled thousands of pieces of intel out of Russia before he was captured, imprisoned, and tortured for two years by the KGB. Assisting him in his role as “courier” is Oleg Penkovsky ( Merab Ninidze ), a far more experienced Russian agent.

  5. Mar 18, 2021 · A new spy thriller draws on the fascinating life—and whopping lies—of one of the U.K.’s most famous intelligence agents. Alex Palmer. March 18, 2021. Merab Ninidze and Benedict Cumberbatch ...

  6. Jan 4, 2024 · The Courier is based on the true story of Greville Wynne, a British businessman who became an MI6 agent during the Cold War. The movie focuses on the Cuban Missile Crisis, the closest the US and Soviet Union came to starting World War III.

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