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Soft Targets (Original title)Easy Targets (Alternative title)After the Party (Alternative title)
Dates: 1982 (Copyright), 19 October 1982 (Television)

Country: United Kingdom

Director: Charles Sturridge

Synopsis: A minor Soviet official, on secondment in London, begins to break the rules in the hope of being sent back to Russia, and becomes entangled emotionally with a young woman whom he accompanies to a society wedding.Synopsis: Production: 20/03-04/04/1982.

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TV Transmissions
Date: 19 October 1982Broadcast channel: BBC1Country: United KingdomTransmission time: 21:25-23:00Slot duration: 95 minsNetwork - Language: English - Colour - Sound

Credits (9)
Production Company: BBC TV, Producer: Kenith Trodd, Written by: Stephen Poliakoff, Photography: Nat Crosby, Film Editor: David Martin, Designer: Derek Dodd, Original music by: Geoffrey Burgon, Sound Recording: Peter Edwards
Cast (27)
Ian Holm (Alexei), Helen Mirren (Celia), Nigel Havers (Harman), Celia Gregory (Frances), Thorley Walters (old guest at wedding), Margery Mason (Celia's mother), Desmond Llewelyn (official in dream), Julian Sands (groom), Rupert Everett (boy at party), Hugh Thomas (Castle), Tony Doyle (Kirby), Chris Langham (Drinkwater), Yuri Borienko (Porter), Karen Craig (Aeroflot lady), Kate Percival (bride), Diana Malin (waitress in café), Elizabeth Weaver (bride's mother), Kenneth Midwood (wedding Guest), Christopher Coll (man in car), Michael Lees (man from Wimbledon), Kay Adshead (waitress in hotel), Gerard Ryder (hotel manager), Bibs Ekkel, Alexei Jawdokimov, János Kurucz, Jiri Stanislav, Alexei Zolohutin (Russian at residence)