Предисловие Рудольфа Абеля - Мёртвый сезон (1968) William Fisher b. 11 July 1903 Newcastle upon Tyne

Мёртвый сезон (1968) В начале фильма к зрителям с небольшим комментарием обратился старший коллега и друг Конона Молодого Рудольф Абель (Вильям Фишер), чья судьба имела немало общего с судьбой Молодого (провал в США из-за предательства напарника, приговор к длительному сроку заключения, обмен на американского разведчика); однако, по свидетельствам очевидцев, ни Абелю, ни Молодому фильм не понравился: если в первой серии ещё были эпизоды, напоминавшие то, чем занимались в действительности разведчики-нелегалы, то во второй от реальной деятельности разведчиков уже не осталось и следа[5]. Известный телеведущий Владимир Познер, однако, отметил, что встречался с Абелем и удостоверился в том, что фильм построен на реальных событиях и имеет историческую достоверность, подтверждая тем самым сходство с работой реальной разведывательной службы СССР[6]. Мёртвый_сезон_(фильм,_1968) Rudolf Ivanovich Abel (Russian: Рудольф Иванович Абель), real name William August Fisher (11 July 1903 – 15 November 1971), was a Soviet intelligence officer. He adopted his alias when arrested on charges of conspiracy by the FBI in 1957. Vladimir Semichastny, chairman of the KGB, talking to Soviet intelligence officers Rudolf Abel (second from left) and Konon Molody (second from right) in September 1964 : Konon Trofimovich Molody (Russian: Ко́нон Трофи́мович Моло́дый; 17 January 1922 – 9 September 1970) was a Soviet intelligence officer, known in the West as Gordon Arnold Lonsdale. Posing as a Canadian businessman during the Cold War he was a non-official (illegal) KGB intelligence agent and the mastermind of the Portland Spy Ring, which operated in Britain from the late 1950s until 1961. Later life in Russia A year after his return to the Soviet Union he published a book Spy: Memoirs of Gordon Lonsdale with the author still maintaining he was born in Canada.[10] Issued with the approval of the Soviet authorities,[5] he also claimed Peter and Helen Kroger, convicted as members of the Portland Ring, were innocent. Molody died from a stroke on a mushroom picking expedition in a suburban forest in October 1970;[18] at the age of 48. Konon’s youth friend and retired KGB intelligence agent Leonid Kolosov co-wrote The Dead Season: End of the Legend. He maintained that Konon was healthy upon his return from the UK but began complaining about KGB doctors giving him injections against high blood pressure. Konon had headaches he never had before but the doctors said he should expect to “feel worse before he felt better“.[5] He is buried at the Donskoy Cemetery in Moscow next to Vilyam Genrikovich Fisher (aka Colonel Rudolf Abel). A 1968 film Dead Season was based on Molody’s mission in the UK.[1] where he personally advised Donatas Banionis who played him, and believed that resemblance between him and the actor was significant.[2]