The Red Shade

The Red Shade (1981)

Drama Thriller

The time is the 1930s and two Soviet spies (both Frenchmen by nationality) have been helping Communist factions during the Civil War in Spain. It is the time of Stalin's iron rule in the USSR, and the two agents are suddenly called to Moscow by the KGB. Knowing that they are in trouble for no fault of their own, fear drives one of them to suicide while the other gets his lover and her child and begins a run for his life, knowing that the KGB will never let him go free.

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  • Release Date: 1981-10-28
  • Runtime: 1h 52min
  • Director: Jean-Louis Comolli

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    • Cast

    • Claude Brasseur

      Anton Kovetz

    • Jacques Dutronc

      Léo

    • Nathalie Baye

      Anna

    • Andréa Ferréol

      Magda

    • Nicolas Hossein

    • Nicola Belsky

    • Julien Blaine

    • Michelle Carles

    • Philippe Carles

    • Christian Gauffre

    • Panisse

      Cafe owner

    • Alexandre Arbatt

    • Lev Belsky

      Soudrov

    • Jean-Jacques Biraud

    • Facundo Bo

      Müller

    • Pascal Bonitzer

      The Dutch

    • Pinkas Braun

      Maly

    • Patrick Depeyrrat

    • André Dupon

    • Giovanni Früh

      José

    • Louba Guertchikoff

    • Alain Ilan-Chojnow

    • Charles Millot

      Magda's father

    • Stephan Meldegg

      The Nazi

    • Biaggio Pelligra

    • Simone Real

      Singer

    • Maurice Risch

      Marcel

    • Pierre Semmler

      SS officer

    • Gratien Tonna

      Legionnaire

    • Serge Valletti

    • Max Vialle

      The Mister

    • Sylvain Plaine

    • Thierry Benoît

    • Nicolas Escale

      (uncredited)