Did traitor kim philby have a gay affair with former. Rare film emerges of doubleagent kim philby speaking. The twoway it is a very, very dirty story, the notorious spy says in an archived film reel from 1981 that the bbc. Kim philby was born on january 1, 1912 in ambala, punjab, british india as harold adrian russell. Kim philby, lecturing in east berlin in 81, bragged of. Apr 29, 2014 lionsgate is getting into the spy game. Kim philby, guy burgess, donald maclean and anthony blunt all met at the university of cambridge, where blunt was an academic and the other three were undergraduates. The novel has been adapted as a 1979 tv miniseries, a 2011 film, and radio dramatisations in 1988 and 2009. Recruited by the soviet kgb at cambridge in the 1930s, he made his way into the british secret intelligence service where he became head of its antisoviet section, then liaison officer in washington with the cia and fbirevealing everything he learned to his moscow bosses. Anthony bate, derek jacobi, and michael culver star in director gordon flemyngs docudrama detailing the russian spy scandal that rocked great britain at the absolute height of the cold war.
British double agent kim philby one of the infamous cambridge five spy ring is the subject of a new exhibition in moscow. Master storyteller ben macintyres most ambitious work to date brings to life the twentieth centurys greatest spy story. For 30 years he had been spying for the soviet union while holding senior jobs in the intelligence agency, mi6. John le carre depicts a philbylike upperclass traitor in the 1974 novel tinker tailor soldier spy. A quarter of a century since kim philby s death, his enigma still haunts scores of people who have struggled to understand whether philby was a. The bbc, who produced this miniseries, have a bbc history website, which states. Kim philby and the great betrayal crown is the latest in ben macintyres series on twentiethcentury espionage including the bestselling operation mincemeat. Angleton, a precociously literate 26 year old yale graduate, had been spotted as a. Incredible photos reveal exbritish spy kim philby in cuba. The first documentary movie on ccp virus, tracking down the origin of the wuhan. The reallife spies of tinker tailor soldier spy film. Saint john philby, british explorer and arabist, the first european to cross the rub. Ben macintyres latest nonfiction thriller, a spy among friends, is about kim philby, the highlevel british spymaster who turned out to be a russian mole. He was married to rufina ivanovna pukhova, eleanor brewer, aileen furse and litzi friedmann.
A socialist, he served as an nkvd and kgb operative. The third man is essentially greenes movie and its permeated with the art of catholic beliefs, his feeling for immanent good and evil, his fascination with storytelling, with men in flight. In russia, an old spy story comes in from the cold cnn. In the three decades after college buddies kim philby, guy burgess, and donald maclean were recruited to work as russian spies, each of the men maintained highlevel government security posts. John le carre david cornwell depicts philby as an upperclass traitor in the character bill haydon in the 1974 novel tinker tailor soldier spy. Apr 04, 2016 media caption kim philby denied being a soviet agent while working for mi6. Philbys son, widow, speak on 50th anniversary of his. Kim philby, the most successful of the cambridge spies, tried to drink himself to death in moscow because he was disillusioned with communism and tortured by his own failings, his last wife has. The tv banner has acquired the tv rights to british author ben macintyres new biography a spy among friends. Ben macintyres a spy among friends the new york times. Jul 27, 2014 what made double agent kim philby a great spy. The film recounts philbys love affair and marriage to eleanor brewer during his time in beirut and his eventual defection to the soviet union in. Masterspy kim philby s secret life is far stronger than any spy fiction.
Kim philby, who would later be revealed as a soviet agent, was greenes supervisor and friend at mi6. The 2005 film a different loyalty is an unattributed account taken from eleanor philby s book, kim philby. Father, husband, traitor, spy kim philby, britains fabled third man, fled to the soviet union 50 years ago. He died on may 11, 1988 in moscow, russian sfsr, ussr. Le carre betrayed by bad lot spy kim philby channel 4 news. Lionsgate adapting kim philby biography a spy among friends.
Aileen knew that her husband had lied to her, consistently and coldly, from the moment they. Along with kim philby, anthony blunt and a fifth man, thought by many to have been john cairncross, the cambridge five. With ben macintyre, david oakes, william beck, mark elliott. The story, considerably expanded and updated, appeared in the miniseries cambridge spies in 2003, but this version was a powerful piece of television with plenty of drama and fine performances from derek jacobi as the flamboyant guy burgess, anthony bate as the closemouthed kim philby and michael culver as the neurotic mclean. Ben macintyre is a historian and documentary presenter. Events in the life of the character magnus pym are partly based upon the life and career of kim philby. He was apparently responsible for the deaths of many western agents whose activities he betrayed to the soviets during the 1940s and early 50s. Of all soviet spies during the cold war, harold kim philby is the one authors seem to most like writing about. I led 3 lives also known as i led three lives is an american drama series syndicated by ziv television programs from october 1, 1953, to january 1, 1956. Rare film emerges of doubleagent kim philby speaking after. The story of kim philby, one of the famous cambridge spies, who was a double agent for the kgb while working in a position of trust for the british secret service. The writer, who has just landed a book deal with harper collins for her debut novel, the most difficult thing, has grown up with the legacy of kim philby s betrayal and defection to the soviet. Daughter of philby admires good dad the sunday times.
Spy kim philby died disillusioned with communism world. Born in 1946, dudley tommy philby is the third of kims five children with his second of four. Rare film emerges of doubleagent kim philby speaking after defection. Kim philby was the most notorious of the cambridge five, british communists who spied for moscow and evaded suspicion for years due to their upperclass credentials.
Harold adrian russell kim philby 1 january 1912 11 may 1988 was a british intelligence. The portlandbased punk band red dons is named after the cambridge. Kim philby seen in stasi footage newly uncovered video taken by the east german intelligence service in 1981 shows the british double agent kim philby sharing his experiences with agents. Film exploring the circumstances behind the escape of notorious british spy kim philby. The story, considerably expanded and updated, appeared in the miniseries cambridge spies in 2003, but this version was a powerful piece of television with plenty of drama and fine performances from derek jacobi as the flamboyant guy burgess, anthony bate as the closemouthed kim philby and. Kim philby 19121988 laughed as he watched seventeen moments of spring, a 12part tv series about a soviet spy operating in nazi germany. Anger has greeted plans for a new film that will portray kim philby, one of britains most notorious and damaging traitors, as a romantic husband motivated by idealism. New york times bestseller the true story of kim philby, the cold wars most infamous spy, from the master espionage writer and author of the spy and the traitor.
Dennis potter s television play traitor 1971 is a spy drama television film that features a central character called adrian harris john le mesurier being. Ben macintyre, the author of a spy among friends 2014, points out that by 1952 aileen philby was convinced that her husband was a soviet spy. This film, shot in beirut, london and moscow, sets out to find the. May 19, 2002 anger has greeted plans for a new film that will portray kim philby, one of britains most notorious and damaging traitors, as a romantic husband motivated by idealism. Kim philby appears as one of the central antagonists in william f.
Even in death, the spy kim philby serves the kremlins purposes a new portrait of the british double agent kim philby, second from right, at a state art gallery in moscow. This book details the blunt, burgess, philby, maclean and cairncross ussr spy ring inside the british intelligence services. The cambridge five were a ring of spies, recruited in part by soviet scout arnold deutsch in the united kingdom, who passed information to the soviet union during world war ii and at least into the early 1950s. Sep, 2010 le carre betrayed by bad lot spy kim philby. The person he betrayed more than anybody else was his close friend and superior in the british secret service, nicholas elliott. Spy kim philby died disillusioned with communism russia. Kim philby, british double agent, reveals all in secret video. Mar 31, 2011 kim philby, the most successful of the cambridge spies, tried to drink himself to death in moscow because he was disillusioned with communism and tortured by his own failings, his last wife has. Kim philby and jim angleton first met at bletchley park, in early 1944. War, a welleducated englishman called kim philby boarded a russian. His family talk about one of the cold wars worst acts of treachery. Im surprised there are no other comments about this tv movie even though it was made 30 years ago. Kim philby, spies, and the dangers of paranoia the new yorker. A series of mi6 blunders allowed kim philby to eradicate the greatest threat to his secret life as a russian agent and missed a chance to expose him, newly released secret papers reveal.
The show was a companion piece of sorts to the radio drama i was a communist for the fbi, which dealt with a similar subject and was also syndicated by ziv from 1952 to 1954. Apr 04, 2016 rare film emerges of doubleagent kim philby speaking after defection. Bbc four storyville, the spy who went into the cold. A spy with such an expression would not have lasted a. His most intimate betrayal tv miniseries 2014 imdb. Comrade philby kgb spy documentary timeline youtube. Kim philby, british intelligence officer until 1951 and the most successful soviet double agent of the cold war period. This books main theme is trying to tell the story of one of the 5 spies as the leader of the whole enterprise kim philby. Jul 27, 2014 ben macintyres latest nonfiction thriller, a spy among friends, is about kim philby, the highlevel british spymaster who turned out to be a russian mole. Even in death, the spy kim philby serves the kremlins. X2 of the office of strategic services in london, where he met the famous double agent kim philby. The 1971 bbc television drama traitor starred john le mesurier as adrian harris, a character loosely based on kim philby. Nprs arun rath talks with author ben macintyre about his new book, a spy.
How mi5 missed chance to expose russian spy kim philby. Harry st john bridger philby, cie 3 april 1885 30 september 1960, also known as jack philby or sheikh abdullah arabic. The spy who went into the cold soviet spy documentary. This video is an rt documentary and i would like to share it on you tube with strictly educational intention and in no way i claim any money or rights over this video. Those closest to himlike his fellow mi6 officer and best friend since childhood, nicholas elliot, and the cias head of counterintelligence, james jesus angletonknew him as a loyal confidant and an.
Sep 28, 2017 british double agent kim philby one of the infamous cambridge five spy ring is the subject of a new exhibition in moscow. Kim philby the englishman, the masterspy a revolutionary a. Kim philby was the most notorious british defector and soviet mole in history. Maclean, burgess, philby and blunt were british members of a kgb spy ring that penetrated the intelligence system of the uk and passed vital information to the soviets during world war two and the early stages of the cold war. In 1963, at the height of the cold war, a welleducated englishman called kim philby boarded a russian freighter in beirut and defected to moscow under the nose of british intelligence. Philby was one of the 20th centurys most legendary spies. Jan 24, 20 on the 50 th anniversary of philbys defection to moscow, british newspaper the daily telegraph carried an article with excerpts of interviews with one of philbys sons, dudley thomas philby, and his russian widow, rufina pukhova philby. Jul 07, 2014 image caption the men had been graduates of trinity college, cambridge. The daughter of kim philby, the mi6 agent who spied for the soviet union, has broken her silence to describe the admiration she feels for her father, 50 years since he defected to moscow in one of. Philby was the inspiration for the character of british intelligence officer archibald arch cummings in the 2005 film the good shepherd.
Kim philby was born on january 1, 1912 in ambala, punjab, british india as harold adrian russell philby. Incredible photos reveal exbritish spy kim philby who shared uk secrets with the soviet union meeting communist chiefs on vip caribbean break in 1978. John philby, the eldest son of soviet spy kim philby, who was a double agent and the notorious third man. Kim philby, lecturing in east berlin in 81, bragged of how. Harold adrian russell philby, known to his muscovite companions as comrade kim, defected to the soviet union in 1963, working as a british affairs consultant until his. The plot of charles cummings 2011 novel, the trinity six, is built on the premise that there was a sixth spy and that his existence is being covered up by mi6. Cambridge five spy ring members hopeless drunks bbc news. Publication date 1968 topics philby, kim, 19121988 publisher new york, grove press. Kim philby 19121988 kim philby was born on january 1, 1912 in ambala, punjab, british india as harold adrian russell philby. He became an agent based in beirut under cover of being a newspaper journalist.