History Is Made At Night

Synopsis

Harry, a seasoned CIA agent in his mid forties, wants nothing more than to forget his years of duty in places like Nicaragua and to become his cover as a jazz club owner in Helsinki.





Natasha, a young and ambitious KGB agent with more chutzpah than experience, wants to secure a future for herself amid the uncertainty of the floundering KGB and Russian Republic.





Natasha's assignment to spy on Harry has blossomed into a torrid love affair. Like any two career couple they keep secrets from each other. But theirs have international implications.





The delicate balance of their life together is disrupted when a young, over eager CIA agent, Dave, arrives in Helsinki to intercept a videotape encoded with state secrets en route from New York - its concepts so hot that everybody who touched the tape is now dead. Dave pursues the unsuspecting courier, Max, a manic ex-bond trader who stumbled into the delivery job fresh from a prison sentence for SEC fraud.





For Natasha, the tape could be a ticket out of the KGB and into the American dream - if she crosses her boss. But as satellites hover overhead and the rusting Russian fleet leaks radiation nearby, absolutely everyone except Harry hatches a personal plan to exploit the encoded tape.





Harry is left to try to stop Natasha from getting herself killed - or worse, leaving him for America.

Details

Year

2000

Type of film

Features

Running Time

93 mins

Format

35mm

Director

Ilkka Jarvilaturi

Producer

Nik Powell, Stephen Woolley, Gecrees Benayoun, Werner Koenig

Editor

Alan Strachan

Director of Photography

Michael Amathieu

Music

Courtney Pine

Principal Cast

Bill Pullman, Irene Jacob, Bruno Kirby, Glenn Plummer

Executive Screen Writer

Patrick Amos

Genre

Production status

Complete

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Last updated 26th November 2005