KGB - The Sword and the Shield

KGB - The Sword and the Shield

Documentary 2019

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An exploration of the violent history of Russian intelligence services from 1917 to the Putin era as told by former members and victims.

Documentary 2019

MA15+

Starring Denis Nikolin, Evgeniya Turkova

EPISODE 1

Episode 1

Lenin's secret police begins a reign of terror in 1917; Stalin's intelligence chief Yezhov presides over murder on an industrial scale; thousands of people disappear into the gulag.

40 min · 1 Oct 2022 MA15+
EPISODE 2

Episode 2

Beria becomes successful in his quest to acquire atomic bomb knowledge to compete with the Americans and the Manhattan project.

43 min · 8 Oct 2022 MA15+
EPISODE 3

Episode 3

An examination of the failed KGB coup against Gorbachev in 1991, the dissolution of the KGB, and the rise of Putin.

44 min · 15 Oct 2022 MA15+

Denis Nikolin

Actor
Evgeniya Turkova

Actor
Jamie Doran

Director
Tracey Doran-Carter

Producer

About

KGB - The Sword and the Shield

DOCUMENTARY

An exploration of the violent history of Russian intelligence services from 1917 to the Putin era as told by former members and victims.

Information

Studio: ZDFE
Released: 2019
Rated: MA15+
Region of Origin: United Kingdom

Languages

Original Audio: English (Australia), English (United Kingdom), English (United States)
Subtitles: English (United States) (CC)

Accessibility

: Closed captions refer to subtitles in available languages with the addition of relevant non-dialogue information.