The Red Shade

The Red Shade

1981/10/28 • Released • French

Drama
Thriller
5.1
1h 52m

Overview

The time is the 1930s and two Soviet spies (both Frenchmen by nationality) have been helping Communist factions during the Civil War in Spain. It is the time of Stalin's iron rule in the USSR, and the two agents are suddenly called to Moscow by the KGB. Knowing that they are in trouble for no fault of their own, fear drives one of them to suicide while the other gets his lover and her child and begins a run for his life, knowing that the KGB will never let him go free.

Director : Jean-Louis Comolli

Casts
Claude Brasseur

Claude Brasseur

Anton Kovetz

Jacques Dutronc

Jacques Dutronc

Léo

Nathalie Baye

Nathalie Baye

Anna

Andréa Ferréol

Andréa Ferréol

Magda

Nicolas Hossein

Nicola Belsky

Julien Blaine

Michelle Carles

Philippe Carles

Christian Gauffre

Panisse

Cafe owner

Alexandre Arbatt

Lev Belsky

Soudrov

Jean-Jacques Biraud

Facundo Bo

Müller

Pascal Bonitzer

Pascal Bonitzer

The Dutch

Pinkas Braun

Pinkas Braun

Maly

Patrick Depeyrrat

André Dupon

André Dupon

Giovanni Früh

José

Louba Guertchikoff

Louba Guertchikoff

Alain Ilan-Chojnow

Charles Millot

Charles Millot

Magda's father

Stephan Meldegg

Stephan Meldegg

The Nazi

Biaggio Pelligra

Simone Real

Singer

Maurice Risch

Maurice Risch

Marcel

Pierre Semmler

Pierre Semmler

SS officer

Gratien Tonna

Gratien Tonna

Legionnaire

Serge Valletti

Serge Valletti

Max Vialle

The Mister

Sylvain Plaine

Thierry Benoît

Nicolas Escale

(uncredited)

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