Legacy

2013, 90 minutes

Paula Milne’s new Cold War thriller

Charlie Cox (Stardust, Boardwalk Empire), Romola Garai (The Hour, The Crimson Petal And The White), Andrew Scott (Sherlock, The Town) and Simon Russell Beale (The Hollow Crown, My Week With Marilyn) have been cast in Legacy. The 90-minute film tells the compelling story of a young spy, Charles Thoroughgood (Cox), who discovers the disturbing truth about his father’s complex past. Paula Milne says: “Legacy falls well within the genre of the British spy thriller but has an extraordinary personal twist. For what is espionage if not betrayal at the most fundamental level of human interactions? When that occurs within a family… It's dynamite!” Fresh out of the army, Charles has barely begun his training in Britain's secret intelligence service, MI6, when his university association with a Soviet diplomat lands him on a case. The diplomat, Viktor Koslov (Scott), has been working in London and his behaviour suggests he could be turned. Charles's bosses hope to exploit Viktor for their own purposes. But when Charles makes contact, Viktor reveals certain information that he would rather not believe. As he is drawn deeper and deeper into the machinations of international intelligence, Charles finds himself falling in love with someone very close to the dangerous world he inhabits – a forbidden love, which makes it all the more intoxicating...

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