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Enigma

"He was a man without a country. A face they couldn't trace. A man without a chance. An enigma."

Five highly-trained KGB agents are sent to the west to assassinate several Soviet dissidents. In order to stop the diabolical plot, an American agent must infiltrate Soviet intelligence and obtain information from a Russian computer.

Top Cast

  • Martin Sheen

    Martin Sheen

    Alex Holbeck

  • Brigitte Fossey

    Brigitte Fossey

    Karen Reinhardt

  • Sam Neill

    Sam Neill

    Dimitri Vasilikov

  • Derek Jacobi

    Derek Jacobi

    Kurt Limmer

  • Michael Lonsdale

    Michael Lonsdale

    Bodley

  • Frank Finlay

    Frank Finlay

    Canarsky

  • Warren Clarke

    Warren Clarke

    Konstantin

  • Michael Williams

    Michael Williams

    Hirsch, Limmer's Assistant

  • David Baxt

    David Baxt

    Melton

Overview

Five highly-trained KGB agents are sent to the west to assassinate several Soviet dissidents. In order to stop the diabolical plot, an American agent must infiltrate Soviet intelligence and obtain information from a Russian computer.

Rating

5.6 / 10
42 Reviews
1 Popular

1 Reviews

  • DanDare
    DanDare
    6 Sep 21, 2017

    Enigma is a complex espionage thriller with a few twists and turns. The CIA find out that the Soviets plan to kill 5 defectors on Christmas Day. They get former defector, Holbeck (Martin Sheen) to infiltrate East Berlin to steal the scrambler of the Enigma machine used by the Soviets for communication. However both the KGB and the East German government are on to Holbeck who meets his former associates and former lover Karen Reinhardt (Brigitte Fossey) to help him with him task. KGB agent Dimitri Vasilikov (Sam Neill) is seduced by Reinhardt and it seems there is a genuine attraction between the two. On the other hand the CIA have been using Holbeck. It is a well made thriller which gets better as it goes on. It can be hard to follow and lumpy in places.

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