

Reilly: Ace of Spies
Miniseries
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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. Among his exploits, in the early 20th century, were the infiltration of the German General Staff in 1917 and a near-overthrow of the Bolsheviks in 1918. His reputation with women was as legendary as his genius for espionage.
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12 Episodes
- An Affair with a Married WomanE1
An Affair with a Married Woman1901: Professor Sydney Rosenblum is taken from a train and held under unofficial arrest in a provincial Russian village, suspected of stealing confidential oil surveys. The young wife of an elderly vicar may hold the secret to his escape. - Dreadnoughts and CrossesE5
Dreadnoughts and CrossesReilly, who is now estranged from British intelligence due to hard feelings as a result of the D'Arcy Affair, is now headquartered in Russia as a representative of a German ship builder interested in selling warships to Russia. Reilly immerses himself in the corrupt world of Czarist politics in order to obtain the contract including bribes and coercion and takes delight in anticipating that his business coup will embarrass Zhakarov. - After MoscowE9
After MoscowAfter the failure of the promised British troops at Archangel and the failed assassination of Lenin as well as the assassinations of the Romanovs, Sidney's hope for political control of Russia and its vast national resources vanish, and he takes his leave of British intelligence.