Enigma

Name: Enigma
Released: 1982-10-15
Rating: 5.5

"He was a man without a country. A face they couldn't trace. A man without a chance. An enigma."

5.5•October 15, 1982•2h 2m

Drama Thriller

Storyline

Five highly-trained KGB agents are sent to the west to assassinate several Soviet dissidents. In order to stop the diabolical plot, an American agent must infiltrate Soviet intelligence and obtain information from a Russian computer.

Director

Jeannot Szwarc

Writers

John Briley

Top Cast

Martin Sheen

Alex Holbeck

Brigitte Fossey

Karen Reinhardt

Sam Neill

Dimitri Vasilikov

Derek Jacobi

Kurt Limmer

Michael Lonsdale

Bodley

Frank Finlay

Canarsky

Warren Clarke

Konstantin

Michael Williams

Hirsch, Limmer's Assistant

David Baxt

Melton

Kevin McNally

Bruno

Michel Auclair

Doctor

Alan Adair

Featured Reviews

DanDare

September 21, 2017

6 / 10

Enigma is a complex espionage thriller with a few twists and turns. The CIA find out that the Soviets plan to kill 5 defectors on Christmas Day. They get former defector, Holbeck (Martin Sheen) to infiltrate East Berlin to steal the scrambler of the Enigma machine used by the Soviets for communication. However both the KGB and the East German government are on to Holbeck who meets his former associates and former lover Karen Reinhardt (Brigitte Fossey) to help him with him task. KGB agent Dimitri Vasilikov (Sam Neill) is seduced by Reinhardt and it seems there is a genuine attraction between the two. On the other hand the CIA have been using Holbeck. It is a well made thriller which gets better as it goes on. It can be hard to follow and lumpy in places.