Benedict Cumberbatch is the unassuming salesman sent to infiltrate the Russian KGB during the Cold War in the new trailer for the spy thriller The Courier
Benedict Cumberbatch plays a modest businessman taken on an MI6 mission in the next real-life spy thriller, The Courier.
And the first trailer for the film was released on Wednesday, causing a lot of drama.
Co-starring Merab Ninidze, Rachel Brosnahan and Jessie Buckley, and directed by Dominic Cooke, the film shows the modest British businessman Greville Wynne (Cumberbatch) recruited for one of the biggest international conflicts in history.
Thriller: Benedict Cumberbatch plays an unpretentious businessman taken on an MI6 mission in the future spy thriller The Courier
At the request of the UK’s MI6 and a CIA agent (Brosnahan), he forms a secret and dangerous partnership with Soviet officer Oleg Penkovsky (Ninidze) in an effort to provide crucial information needed to prevent a nuclear confrontation and defuse the crisis. of Cuban missiles.
– I can’t believe I’m having lunch with spies! Greville says in the trailer. ‘I’m just a salesman! What do you want me to do?’
Concerned about the danger, the spies with whom he eats assure him: ‘If this mission were minimally dangerous, you really are the last man we would send!’
Sent to Moscow, he must assume that everyone he meets is from the KGB.
Secret service: the first trailer for the film was released on Wednesday, sparking a major drama
Cast: Co-starring Merab Ninidze, Rachel Brosnahan and Jessie Buckley, and directed by Dominic Cooke, the film shows the modest British businessman Greville Wynne (Cumberbatch) recruited for one of the biggest international conflicts in history
Stay! He is sent back and forth to Russia, his wife begging him not to return
He is told to ‘sell the idea’ that he is ‘nothing more than an ordinary businessman’ – but is seen on clandestine missions in dark streets and being watched by suspicious-looking characters.
‘What happens if I get caught?’ he is seen asking. ‘I am executed, correct?’
He is seen back at home, clearly having to come and go to Russia, his wife begging him not to return.
Mission: He is told to ‘sell the idea’ that he is ‘nothing more than an ordinary businessman’ – he is still seen on clandestine missions in dark streets and being watched by suspicious-looking characters
True story: the film is based on the true story of Wynne and her Russian source, Oleg Penkovsky
Dual agent: Penkovsky was codenamed Ironbark, which is an alternative name for a film. His crucial intelligence ended the Cuban missile crisis
However, he comes back – promising to bring Soviet intelligence back ‘at a time when Russia and America are on the verge of nuclear war!’
In exciting scenes, he is seen with a bag over his head – suggesting that he was actually caught on stage.
The film is based on the true story of Wynne and her Russian source, Oleg Penkovsky.
Secrets and spies: at the request of UK MI6 and a CIA agent (Brosnahan), he forms a secret and dangerous partnership
Caution: Sent to Moscow, he must assume that everyone he meets is from the KGB
Coming soon: The Courier is scheduled to be released on March 19, 2021
Penkovsky received the code name Ironbark, which is an alternative name for a film. His crucial intelligence ended the Cuban missile crisis.
Penkovsky was involved in selling weapons and weapon secrets to British intelligence during the Cold War, and he and Wynne formed a bond after Wynne’s mission was discovered.
Wynne was captured, but was eventually released in a deal that saw him replaced by spy Gordon Lonsdale in 1964.
Penkovsky was captured and faced death by a firing squad, but died before that. It is thought that he killed himself in prison before the execution could take place.
The Courier had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival Sundance Film Festival on January 24, 2020 and is scheduled to be released in the United States and the United Kingdom on March 19, 2021.