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The Informant (2022)
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Original name: A besúgó
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Hungary
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story:
Behind the Iron Curtain, Geri leaves for college, looks forward to meeting girls and partying and joins a group of radicals led by the charismatic Száva. But Geri has a secret. He’s an informant of the totalitarian state and to save his brother, he’s been forced to spy on his new friends for State Security.
Style:
captivating, suspense, disturbing, thrilling, political thriller
Plot:
iron curtain, communism, blackmail, secret police, male protagonist, investigation, student, mission, problem, secret agent, special agent, spy, corruption, secretly observing, secret agents, hungarian, special agents
Time:
80s, year 1985, 20th century
Place:
budapest, hungary, europe, central europe, budapest hungary
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Time:
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Czech Republic
Duration: 60 min.
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Duration: 43 min.
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Style:
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Plot:
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Country: UK
Duration: 47 min.
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Genre: Drama, History, Thriller
Country: Hungary
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
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captivating, serious, disturbing, suspense, visual ...
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Duration: 52 min.
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Style:
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Plot:
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min.
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2010s
Place:
seoul
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Duration: 46 min.
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
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Duration: 60 min.
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tense, captivating, thrilling
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735
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Duration: 264 min.
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Duration: 45 min.
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Audience:
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Country: China
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Place:
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Duration: 146 min.
Story:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
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Duration: 45 min.
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