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Shadow Lines (2019)
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Original name: Nyrkki
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Finland
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story:
During the 1950s, Helsinki was the focal point of the Cold War, as global powers and their intelligence agencies coalesced in the small neutral country that stood between the East and the West. Shadow Lines is an international spy thriller that follows a secret intelligence team whose mission is to defend the independence of Finland no matter the cost.
Style:
political, tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing, political thriller, historical drama
Plot:
spy, espionage, cold war, european history, secret mission, spy hero, spy mission, secret agent, special agent, agent, military, wartime, mission, secret, soviet spy, cia, kgb, spying, spy thriller, mystery, special agents, secret agents
Time:
1950s, year 1956, 20th century, 50s
Place:
finland, helsinki finland, soviet union
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