A spy thriller that evokes the murkiness of a John Le Carre novel
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By Debi Enker
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The Sleepers ★★★½
Made in 2019 for HBO Europe, this espionage drama series starts in Prague in the spring of 1977 as two secret police break into an apartment. They have a terse, contemptuous discussion about the sex life of the owner. They plant some bugs. Then one of them gathers a number of objects – ceramic figurines, records, clearly prized personal items – bundles them into a bedspread and stomps them into pieces. Before departing, he climbs on the bed and urinates on the pillow.