Joy Division

Joy Division

2006 · 105 min · ★ 5.2 · Drama

A teenage orphan fights against the Red Army at the end of WWII and in the aftermath is 'adopted' by a Commissar. Years later he is sent to London during the Cold war to work for the KGB, where he questions his life.

Directed by Reg Traviss

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