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In the 1950 s, the hottest spot of the Cold War is not Washington or Moscow, but Helsinki, where the KGB and the CIA vie for control of Finland, a small Nordic country wedged between East and West powers. Helena (Emmi Parviainen, Secret Lives, Games People Play) , a student freshly returned from the United States, is recruited by her godfather to join a top-secret Finnish task force in its ongoing missions: preventing the two global powerhouses meddling in the presidential election and keeping their homeland independent. But as she begins to discover the truth about her past, her personal and professional life collide. With long kept secrets and political agendas coming to a head, the team must overcome the lies and distrust if they have any chance of succeeding. (Finnish/English language) (10 EPS, Available all at once)
Cold War intrigue heats up this tale of Finnish spies and KGB agents.
Krista Kosonen Photo: Sundance Now By John Anderson Dec. 23, 2020 3:28 pm ET
The recent death of John le Carré was a reminder of what a gift the Cold War was, at least to fiction. Once a seemingly inexhaustible vein of the factual and fantastical, it was a subject Le Carré himself moved away from after the Soviet Union was dissolved. But the spy series âShadow Lines,â set in mid-â50s Finland, is proof that the gift can keep on giving, especially if one examines it from an unfamiliar angle.