One disgruntled KGB agent accidentally collapsed an empire over lunch.
"The Farewell Affair" is one of the greatest espionage stories of the Cold War that will result in the accelerated fall of the USSR. It involves Vladimir Vetrov, a KGB agent put in the closet, who decides to contact the DST and deliver several lists of technological and scientific agents and secrets, which the KGB has been stealing from the countries of the Western Blocs for decades.
Direction
Michelle Fines builds dread through archival restraint.
Editing
Jumps between eras without losing narrative thread.
Director
Michelle Fines
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Reagan personally read Vetrov's intel and called it 'the greatest spy story of the century.'
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