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1956. The release of political prisoners from the gulags of Siberia and rumours of a speech by Khrushchev, denouncing Stalin, indicate a change in direction for the Soviet Union.

The story of the CIA, told from the inside out by long-serving CIA agent Eloise Page. Starring Kim Cattrall, Ed Harris and Johnny Flynn.

In Episode 2.3, the release of political prisoners from the gulags of Siberia and rumours of an explosive speech by Russian Premier Nikita Khrushchev, denouncing Stalin, indicate a change in direction for the Soviet Union. It’s 1956, an election year in the US, and CIA chief Allen Dulles is tasked by President Eisenhower to get that speech.

Cast:
Eloise Page..........Kim Cattrall
Allen Dulles..........Ed Harris
Richard Helms..........Johnny Flynn
Frank Wisner..........Geoffrey Arend
Young Eloise Page..........Elena Delia
Richard Bissell..........Ian Porter
Clover Dulles..........Laurel Lefkow
James Jesus Angleton..........Philip Desmeules
President Eisenhower..........Kerry Shale
John Foster Dulles..........Nathan Osgood
General Mike O’Daniel..........Ian Porter
Koca Popovic..........Branko Tomović
Blokhintsev..........Phillipe Bosher

All other parts played by the cast

Original music by Sacha Puttnam

Written by Greg Haddrick, who created the series with Jeremy Fox
Sound Designers & Editors: John Scott Dryden, Adam Woodhams, Martha Littlehailes & Andreina Gomez Casanova
Script Consultant: Misha Kawnel
Script Supervisor: Alex Lynch
Trails: Jack Soper
Sonica Studio Sound Engineers: Paul Clark & Paul Clark
Sonica Runner: Flynn Hallman
Marc Graue Sound Engineers, LA: Juan Martin del Campo & Tony Diaz

Director: John Scott Dryden
Producer & Casting Director: Emma Hearn
Executive Producers: Howard Stringer, Jeremy Fox, Greg Haddrick and John Scott Dryden

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