He was a man without a country. A face they couldn't trace. A man without a chance. An enigma.
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.
Status
Released
Original Language
EN
Budget
—
Revenue
—
Release Date
October 15, 1982
Popularity
1
Director
Jeannot Szwarc
Writer
John Briley
Producer
André Pergament
Producer
Peter Shaw
Where to Watch
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
Féodor Atkine
Patrick Bauchau
Russian Soldier (voice)
Georges Beauvilliers
Yves Beneyton
George Birt
Bernard Bloch
George Bruce
Gérard Buhr
Gallery
Reviews
DanDare
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.
