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Reilly, ace of spies is a 1983 television miniseries. How fate, and stalin, finally dealt the ace of spies a losing hand. All twelve episodes from the tv espionage series set in the early years of the 20th century. Reilly, ace of spies is a 1983 television miniseries dramatizing the life of sidney reilly, a russian jew who became one of the greatest spies. Reilly tracks down the german contract for rebuilding the. Written by troy kennedy martin and directed by martin campbell. This is the main title sequence from reilly, ace of spies, the 1983 itvthames television miniseries starring sam neill as sidney reilly, a russian jew who became one of the greatest spies ever. In fact, the bolsheviks had opposed the war from the start, taking part in the antiwar zimmerwald conference in 1915. Reilly, ace of spies wikimili, the best wikipedia reader.
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Although he claimed to have been born in ireland, sidney george reilly, 1873 1925, was born shlomo salomon rosenblum on march 24, 1873, he would later change his name, in the jewish kherson gubernia of tsarist russia, according to andrew cook, author of ace of spies. Ace of spies tv miniseries 1983 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. He always used his position to acquire personal gain. Ace of spies 1983, starring sam neill as the title character, with ian charleson as his father. Ace of spies dvd, 2005 at the best online prices at ebay. In the fifth and sixth episodes of the series, titled dreadnoughts and crosses and dreadnoughts and doublecrosses, respectively, reilly is in st. It consists of theme tunes from television shows that had been given lyrics which are sung by webb. Ace of spies helped cement reilly s reputation as the reallife precursor for james bond. Sam neill jurassic park, peaky blinders stars as the suave reilly, who spied for britain against his native russia in the early 1900s, even plotting to overthrow lenin. In an affair with a married woman international spy sidney reilly sam neill creates a scandal during a mission in the caucasus. It is important to note that sidney reilly was not patriotic.
This british adventure series is a dramatization of the fantastic reallife adventures, from 1903 until the mid1920s, of. Zaharov wants the plans and cummings wants a compromised agent saved, but reilly decides on a unique approach to the problem. The visiting fireman has reilly attempt to obtain some secret blueprints from a german armaments factory. Ace of spies is a thrilling dramatization of the fantastic life and exploits of sidney reilly, arguably the first modern secret agent and a complex, often unfathomable individual who invented his very name and identity. Not only will sidney make a small fortune from the deal, but he will also doublecross his german employers by selling the blueprints to the english secret service for use against germany in the impending world war. I saw reilly, ace of spies, on tv some time ago and have been looking forward to reading the book. This is one of the most intriguing sagas of british russiangermany history post wwi. The visiting fireman has reilly attempt to obtain some secret blueprints. Sam neill michael bryant norman rodway 19831983 an exploration of the life of sidney reilly, a russian who became one of the greatest spies to work for the british. Now working with a german shipping agency and having broken ties with the british secret service, reilly is in st. Reilly, ace of spies episode 01 1901 an affair with a married woman by fremen dar. A master of deception from his earliest days, its a very good chance the ace of spies made up the majority of these stories. Always there is the fifth solo album by english actress and singer marti webb, primarily known for her work in musical theatre, released in 1986 on the bbc records label. From 1983 sam neill stars as sidney reilly, who lived from 1873 to 1925.
Reilly, ace of spies is a 1983 television miniseries dramatizing the life of sidney reilly, a russian jew who became one of the greatest spies ever to work for the british. He stole plans from the krupps in hamburg, germany, obtained german naval information in moscow, and operated behind the lines in world. In 1909, disguised as a shipyard worker he stole top secret designs of weapons germany was intending to produce in preparation for war. Reilly and his friends filter back to britain and face questioning from an official enquiry from 1983 sam neill stars as.
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