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One of the best Russian films of the 80-ies, a perfect wartimes spy thriller with ideology left aside. It has been nice to see how wonderfully russian and western actors interact in this 30 years-long saga, expecially Natalia Belochvostikova who makes a perfect match for Alain Delon. One of the best things is the soundtrack containing one of my favourite songs of Charles Aznavour.

Good actors, good directing, good plot. It would be only a good film, but two moments made this film great: that part with the song and their last date. Listening to "Eternal Love" you looking at all that woes, struggles, pains, sacrifices, deaths and you have some strange feeling, that somewhere in all this or somewhere behind all this, there really IS eternal Love. And their love story had a great truth about life in it. You met, then immediately lost each other, 30 years of parting, then you have one short date and… all good in your life is only short-lived dream and you will inevitably lose everything you love, you just have not any chance to save anything but memory. It is so sad, but again, you have the same filling (especially during the church scene), that there is eternal Love in this tragedy.

I regonized the faboulous acting between the russian and the western actors like the italian recensent. The Match between Belokhvostikova (Maries daughter Nathalie) and Alain Delon (Foche, who dies too early)in the Taxi and on the street or the suspensefull relation between Dzhigarkhanian (the old killer) and Claude Jade(Francoise), when Max trusts Francoise again and again - till he's killed and now she's full of scrupel during the Interrogatory by Curt Jurgens. Excellent also the score "Une vie d'amour".

This is not an uninteresting film, a political thriller inspired from actual facts, that no other film has even talked about, told in the American way, after the seventies political thrillers in the line of ALL THE PRESIDENTS MEN or PARALLAX VIEW. Plus, this is an international production, proposing an international cast. But, as any political thriller, the plot is rather complex, hard to follow, but still riveting, tense, without any lead character; on the contrary, you have plenty of them. It needs to be seen several times, I guess. That's the second time I see it since thirty years. I still enjoy, but nt destined to wide, large audiences.

At the first sigh, one of many Soviet political serie. Seductive for construction of story, for the performance, for inspired build oof thrill. And, sure, for the subject. After decades, it remains fascinating not only for the secrets, plots, hunt for truth but for the beautiful status of perfect puzzle. Different actors and a great result of performances. And sure, something real great. In part, a sort of old flavor of politic and policier.