Meet LT Andrev Kanayev (Oskar Kuchera). He's in a bind. The USSR is dissolving and with it,Russia's strangehold over Eastern Europe. Says Kanayev's superior, 25 years of work in building the Warsaw Pact went down the drain.
Kanayev's unit is being withdrawn to what's left of Mother Russia. "I have no job, no house, no car," he laments to his friend Marek over a tankard of beer. Though Marek suggests the French foreign legion, LT Kanatev does not immediately tumble to the idea. He has to be prodded by being set up in an apparent homicide.
Smuggled into France, Kanayev attemts to enlist in French Foreign Legion. After rigorous basic training, Kanayev is recruited by French intelligence. Returned to Russia as a French operative, Kanayev produces impressive results but as Russia recovers, Kanayev's former comrades are hot on his tail.
Will he get caught? What are the consequences? Will he return to France and live in a Chateau in the country like a madman living in a home created by his imagination?
Excellent film! Little the US produces can compare to its scope and insight.
Kanayev's unit is being withdrawn to what's left of Mother Russia. "I have no job, no house, no car," he laments to his friend Marek over a tankard of beer. Though Marek suggests the French foreign legion, LT Kanatev does not immediately tumble to the idea. He has to be prodded by being set up in an apparent homicide.
Smuggled into France, Kanayev attemts to enlist in French Foreign Legion. After rigorous basic training, Kanayev is recruited by French intelligence. Returned to Russia as a French operative, Kanayev produces impressive results but as Russia recovers, Kanayev's former comrades are hot on his tail.
Will he get caught? What are the consequences? Will he return to France and live in a Chateau in the country like a madman living in a home created by his imagination?
Excellent film! Little the US produces can compare to its scope and insight.