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The Iron Curtain (film) The Iron Curtain. (film) The Iron Curtain is a 1948 American thriller film starring Dana Andrews and Gene Tierney, directed by William A. Wellman. It was the first film on the Cold War. [2] The film was based on the memoirs of Igor Gouzenko. [3] Principal photography was done on location in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada by ...
The Iron Curtain: Directed by William A. Wellman. With Dana Andrews, Gene Tierney, June Havoc, Berry Kroeger. The story of Soviet cypher-clerk Igor Gouzenko who was posted to the Soviet Embassy in Ottawa,Canada in 1943 and defected in 1945 to reveal the extent of Soviet espionage activities directed against Canada.
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- 1948-06-16
Oct 10, 2017 · Directed by William WellmanStarring Dana Andrews Gene Tierney and June Havoc
- 87 min
- 283.4K
- Silver Screen Classics
The Iron Curtain was also a film that emerged from Twentieth Century-Fox’s initiative to address the growing concerns about Communist infiltration during the late 1940s. The studio acquired the rights to Igor Gouzenko’s articles detailing his defection and experiences, as well as rights to historical books on Soviet espionage, though the latter were not used in the film.
Sep 7, 2017 · The story of Soviet cypher-clerk Igor Gouzenko who was posted to the Soviet Embassy in Ottawa,Canada in 1943 and defected in 1945 to reveal the extent of Sov...
- 87 min
- 294.4K
- Дана Веселова
The Iron Curtain is based on the actual 1945 case of Soviet cipher clerk Igor Gouzenko, (Dana Andrews), who, after careful training, was assigned to the U.S.S.R. Embassy in Ottawa, Canada in the midst of World War II. Eventually, Gouzenko defected with 109 pages of material implicating several high level Canadian officials, outlined the steps taken to secure information about the the details ...
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Sep 10, 2012 · The Iron Curtain. Film; Advertising. Time Out says. By the late '40s, anti-communist fervour in Hollywood and throughout the US had reached fever pitch. This brisk, documentary-style thriller ...
