The Cost of Treachery

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In 1949, at the height of the Cold War, the British and American Governments decided to fight back at the growing Soviet Empire with a secret plan, the Albanian Subversion, in which the CIA and MI6 attempted to overthrow the Albanian government and to weaken the Soviet Union and the role of double agent Kim Philby.

Cast

Ian Holm
Narrator

Crew

Adam Curtis
Director, Writer, Producer
Graham Shipham
Editor

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