Plot Synopsis

Based on the novel by Robert Littell. In the early 1950's three Yale graduates are recruited by the CIA and KGB to serve as spies during the cold war. Over four decades these men and their handlers maneuver to gain advantage in the standoff between the two super powers. From the early days of espionage in East and West Berlin to the Hungarian Revolution, the Bay of Pigs fiasco in the 1960's and ending with the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991. Desperately searching for moles in the organization and plotting political deceptions eventually takes it's toll on the professional and personal lives of both willing participants and innocent bystanders.