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Spying for Love (Original title)
Date: 21 July 1997 (Television)

Country: United Kingdom

Director: Ros Franey

Synopsis: A scheme was set up by an East German spy chief in the sixties to lure women working for the West German government into defecting to the East. This film relates the experiences of three such women, referred to as Juliets, who were unwittingly seduced by spies, nicknamed Romeos and promised love and marriage in return for secret information.

Subjects:
Espionage, Women

Series title:

TV Transmissions
Date: 21 July 1997Broadcast channel: Channel FourCountry: United KingdomTransmission time: 21:00-22:00Runtime: 50 mins 30 secs - Network - Language: English - Colour - Sound - Stereo

Credits (3)
Production Company: Pendragon Productions, Producer: Catherine Bailey
Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(2)
Digital materials(1)
Description: AS-11 UK DPP SD - MXF OP1aDuration: 00:50:44 minutesD10 - BFI identifier: N-2888495
Status: Master



Video materials(1)
Description: D3Duration: 50.43 minutesLine standard: 625Colour standard: PALTX date: 1997-07-21BFI identifier: C-946712
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved videotape