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The Spy (1000) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1000 · 360 mins · Portuguese
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- Directed by
- Jorge Paixão da Costa
- Starring
- Diogo Morgado, Adriano Carvalho, Lúcia Moniz, Marco D'Almeida, Raimundo Cosme, Maria João Bastos
Set in World War II Portugal, the film follows the Shell network, one of several covert groups operating under British direction between 1941 and 1942. Their mission was to sabotage strategic infrastructure and act as a counter‑intelligence unit, ready to defend the country if German forces invaded.
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