Cambridge Spies
- TV Mini Series
- 2003
- 59m
IMDb RATING
7.4/10
2.2K
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The true story of a group of Cambridge University Students who are recruited to spy for the Soviet Union in the early 1930s.The true story of a group of Cambridge University Students who are recruited to spy for the Soviet Union in the early 1930s.The true story of a group of Cambridge University Students who are recruited to spy for the Soviet Union in the early 1930s.
- Nominated for 4 BAFTA Awards
- 3 wins & 5 nominations total
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- TriviaSamuel West, who portrays Anthony Blunt in this series, played the same role 16 years later in season 3, episode 1 of The Crown.
- GoofsAnthony Blunt is referred to as a relative by the Prince of Wales (Edward VIII). Blunt was actually a second cousin of Elizabeth wife of George VI (later the Queen Mother) and not related to the Windsors at all.
- Quotes
Guy Burgess: Vladivostok, Moscow, the Kusnetsk Basin, Cambridge - the coldest places on Earth. Of the four, Cambridge is the coldest, permanently February the nineteenth.
- ConnectionsVersion of Philby, Burgess and Maclean (1977)
- SoundtracksJerusalem
by Sir Charles Hubert Hastings Parry
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High on drama, low in substance
Since no one has said so yet, it seems necessary to add this.
The series is an excellent drama, in every way - no doubt about that. Well worth watching.
BUT.
And that is the point: The subject of this drama is politics, international affairs, government, intelligence - and these are largely absent from the drama.
So if you are prepared to enjoy a view of the events from the perspective of the personal lives of the main characters, then all is fine. But if you were looking for more than tenuous references to the events and forces at play in the world, and an account of how the characters of the story were involved in those events and forces, you will miss something...
This is not to say that it's a bad drama - it's still excellent. And lavishly designed and produced.
But those political events and forces were of historic importance. At a time where the world was still strongly driven by ideological currents, and there was a ruthless struggle for world domination.
In my view, that is even higher drama, and I missed those connections.
The series is an excellent drama, in every way - no doubt about that. Well worth watching.
BUT.
And that is the point: The subject of this drama is politics, international affairs, government, intelligence - and these are largely absent from the drama.
So if you are prepared to enjoy a view of the events from the perspective of the personal lives of the main characters, then all is fine. But if you were looking for more than tenuous references to the events and forces at play in the world, and an account of how the characters of the story were involved in those events and forces, you will miss something...
This is not to say that it's a bad drama - it's still excellent. And lavishly designed and produced.
But those political events and forces were of historic importance. At a time where the world was still strongly driven by ideological currents, and there was a ruthless struggle for world domination.
In my view, that is even higher drama, and I missed those connections.
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- sbjc0
- Apr 16, 2009
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