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Jack Strong is a polonais film of genre Drama directed by Władysław Pasikowski released in USA on 24 july 2015 with Maja Ostaszewska
Jack Strong (2014)
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Add to a movie listJack Strong is a 2014 Polish political thriller film directed by Władysław Pasikowski, starring Marcin Dorociński, Maja Ostaszewska, Dagmara Dominczyk and Patrick Wilson. The film is based on the true story of Ryszard Kukliński, a Polish Army colonel who spied for the American Central Intelligence Agency during the height of the Cold War.
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A la suite de la répression des manifestations ouvrières de Gdansk, un officier de l'armée polonaise prend contact avec les américains en vue de leur transmettre des informations sur les opérations envisagées par l'URSS pour conserver sa main-mise sur sa zone d'influence et faire triompher le communisme. Lorsque la présence d'un espion est soupçonné au sein de l'état-major polonais, l'étau de resserre et l'officier demande à être exfiltré par la CIA avec sa famille.Actors
Maja Ostaszewska
(Hania)
Paweł Małaszyński
(Ostaszewski)
Dagmara Domińczyk
(Sue)
Patrick Wilson
(Daniel)
Mirosław Baka
(Putek)
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