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The Petrov Affair (DVD) (*)

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Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )

Product Origin/Format:
Australia ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
183 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 1987 and produced in:
Australia ( Australia, New Zealand )

Directed By:
Michael Carson

Written By:
Cliff Green
Mac Gudgeon

Actors:
Alex Menglet ..... Vladimir Petrov
Eva Sitta ..... Evdokia Petrov
Anatole Afanastev ..... Ambassador Lifanov
Slawomir Wabik ..... Dr. Michael Bialoguski
Bill Fox ..... Fergen O'Sullivan
Kristine Kaman ..... Marie Ollier
Bill Johnson ..... Mr. Clarke
Ilya Bordman ..... Mr. Golovanov
George Shevtsov ..... Mr. Kislytsin
Dalibor Satalic ..... Mr. Kovaliev
Eve Godly ..... Mrs. Clarke
Elena Emerin ..... Mrs. Golovanov
Tanya Simonow ..... Mrs. Kislytsin
Ludmilla Afanastev ..... Mrs. Lifanov
Melita Jurisic ..... Nina Morozov
John Proper ..... Phillip Betancourt
Denis Moore ..... Rupert Lockwood
Mark Mitchell ..... West

Synopsis:

In April, 1954, Vladimir Petrov, head of Soviet espionage in Australia, successfully approached the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation for asylum. His defection sparked the most dramatic spy scandal in Australian history, an affair that tore at the political fabric of this country and severed Australia's diplomatic ties with Russia. This powerful mini-series, conceived by the legendary journalist Sam Lipski and written by Cliff Green (Picnic at Hanging Rock), tells how, in the midst of a hostile Cold War, Petrov and his wife (a former member of the Soviet police plucked from the hands of Russian agents in Darwin) sparked a scandalous Royal Commission, allegations of political conspiracy, and the most bitter federal election in Australian history. The Petrov Affair is an international spy story, a political story, but most of all a human story; the Petrov's themselves, disappearing into the anonymity of the Australian suburbs, forced to adopt false names and personal histories, condemned to lead the secret lives of spies in their chosen haven of freedom.

This film examines the events surrounding Vladimir Petrov's application for political asylum in Australia in the 1950s. Petrov was a Soviet spy who was posted to Canberra with his wife, Evdokia. When Stalin died, Petrov and his wife fell out of favour with Moscow and they were ordered to return home by the new Ambassador. Petrov, fearing the reception he would receive, decided to defect and on ASIO's demand, brought along a stash of secret documents. The contents of these documents resulted in an infamous royal commission and for all intents and purposes, influenced an electoral result.

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