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Detective drama set in 60s Hungary. Spymaster Franciska LΓ΅zΓ΅r and her police inspector husband Bertalan face grave new threats. By Philip Palmer

Special Investigator Bertalan LΓ΅zΓ΅r returns in Philip Palmer's crime drama set in communist Hungary in 1964. The death of a rock musician leads Bertalan to enter uncharted territory - Budapest's underground drugs scene. Meanwhile, his wife Franciska's relationship with her KGB contact spirals out of control.

Bertalan Lazar ..... Leo Bill
Franciska Lazar ..... Clare Corbett
JΓ³zsef Szabados ..... Joseph Ayre
Dmitri Dragunov ..... Simon Scardifield
MΓ΅rk MΓ©szΓ΅ros ..... Michael Bertenshaw
ZsΓ³fia ..... Sarah Ovens
Drug Dealer ..... Chris Pavlo
Police Officer ..... Kenny Blyth

Directed by Sasha Yevtushenko

44 minutes

Last on

Thu 3 Sep 2020 14:15

Broadcasts

  • Wed 22 May 2019 14:15
  • Thu 3 Sep 2020 14:15

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