Telefon

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"Telefon" is a 1977 Cold War espionage thriller film starring Charles Bronson, directed by Don Siegel, about a Soviet plot involving sleeper agents in the United States.

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instanceOf espionage thriller film
film
aspectOf Cold War espionage in popular culture
basedOn Telefon (novel)
basedOnWorkAuthor Walter Wager
character Barbara
Nicolai Dalchimsky
cinematographyBy Michael C. Butler
colorProcess color
countryOfOrigin United States
director Don Siegel
distributedBy Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
distributorRegion United States
editedBy Terry O. Morse Jr.
linked to: Terry O. Morse
filmingLocation United States
genre action film
spy film
thriller film
hasIMDbId tt0076786
hasMetacriticType movie
mainCharacter Major Grigori Borzov
mainCharacterPortrayedBy Charles Bronson
medium feature film
musicBy Lalo Schifrin
notableElement features sleeper agents planted in the U.S. by the Soviet Union
uses lines from Robert Frost’s poem "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening" as a trigger phrase
originalLanguage English
plotSummary A Soviet officer attempts to stop a rogue KGB agent who plans to activate sleeper agents in the United States using a trigger phrase from Robert Frost’s poetry.
producer Irwin Winkler
Robert Chartoff
productionCompany Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
releaseDate 1977-12-16
releaseDecade 1970s films
releaseYear 1977
runtimeMinutes 102
screenwriter Peter Hyams
Stirling Silliphant
settingPeriod Cold War
starring Alan Badel
Charles Bronson
Donald Pleasence
Lee Remick
Patrick Magee
Tyne Daly
title Telefon

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Don Siegel directed Telefon
Korney Chukovsky notableWork Telefon
Telefon title Telefon