The Great Game: The Making of Spycraft

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The Great Game: The Making of Spycraft

In 1995, former KGB Major General Oleg Kalugin and ex-CIA Director William Colby collaborated in an unexpected way. They made a video game.

In 1995, former KGB Major General Oleg Kalugin and ex-CIA Director William Colby collaborated in an unexpected way. They made a video game. The Great Game traces how both men rose to the tops of their fields following World War II, before falling out of favor with their respectives agencies — on opposite sides of the Iron Curtain. For Kalugin, a growing discontent with the KGB’s treatment of Russians radicalized him against the institution. Meanwhile William Colby, an OSS operative and the CIA’s man on the ground in Vietnam, was fired by President Ford after testifying before Congress about controversial CIA programs like MKULTRA and CoIntelPro. After the fall of the Berlin Wall, both living on American soil, Colby and Kalugin played themselves in Spycraft, a multi-million dollar game that was among the most advanced of its time — and is now almost entirely forgotten.

Release Date

2024-10-10

Year

2024

Duration

1h 18m

Status

Released

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#central-intelligence-agency-(cia)#espionage#cold-war#kgb#russian-politics#usa-politics#documentary#spies#video-games

Cast

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Jamelle Bouie

Narration

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Kirill Voloshin

Oleg Kalugin (voiceover)

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Jacob Geller

John Prados (voiceover)

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Kenneth Berris

Kirk B.R. Woller

Kirk B.R. Woller

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Carl Colby

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Maya Vinokour

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Andrew Hammond

Justin McElroy

Justin McElroy