The Film Foundation presents “British Agent”

Newly restored! In person: Patrick Loughney, Chief of the Library of Congress Packard Campus for Audio-Visual Conservation.

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Michael Curtiz’s film takes an interesting look into pre-World War II perceptions of the Soviet Union. Leslie Howard plays a young English diplomat stationed in Moscow when the provisional government is overthrown by the Bolsheviks. He falls in love with a mysterious young woman (Kay Francis) he first sees in the act of shooting a Cossack to save a mother and child. J. Carroll Naish plays the villainous Commissioner of War, clearly modeled on Trotsky. The action builds to a climax with Dora Kaplan’s assassination attempt on Lenin, and the city explodes in chaos.

Preserved by the Library of Congress with funding provided by The Film Foundation.

PLEASE NOTE: This event has been moved into the Francesca Beale Theater.