Enigma
Enigma is a 1982 Anglo-American thriller film directed by Jeannot Szwarc and starring Martin Sheen, Sam Neill, Brigitte Fossey, and Kevin McNally. Based on Michael Barak's novel Enigma Sacrifice, the film centers on a CIA agent who tries to infiltrate Soviet intelligence in order to stop a murderous plot.
Plot
East German dissident Alex Holbeck (Martin Sheen), living in Paris, hosts a radio program aimed at Iron Curtain countries. Bodley (Michael Lonsdale), a CIA agent, recruits Alex to take on a dangerous assignment.
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| author | John Briley |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | Berlin |
| director | Jeannot Szwarc |
| editor | Peter Culverwell Peter Weatherley |
| genre | drama thriller |
| keywords | arrest assassination attempt cia cia agent east berlin end enigma code iron curtain kgb moving on old friends radio program scrambler soviet soviet union torture |
| musicBy | Douglas Gamley |
| producer | André Pergament Ben Arbeid Peter Shaw |
| publisher | Columbia Pictures Embassy Pictures EMI Films Warner Bros. |
| recordedAt | Paris |
| theme | spy |