The Great Game: The Making of Spycraft (2024)
The Great Game: The Making of Spycraft (2024)
In 1995, former KGB Major General Oleg Kalugin and ex-CIA Director William Colby collaborated in an unexpected way. They made a video game.
In 1995, former KGB Major General Oleg Kalugin and ex-CIA Director William Colby collaborated in an unexpected way. They made a video game. The Great Game traces how both men rose to the tops of their fields following World War II, before falling out of favor with their respectives agencies — on opposite sides of the Iron Curtain. For Kalugin, a growing discontent with the KGB’s treatment of Russians radicalized him against the institution. Meanwhile William Colby, an OSS operative and the CIA’s man on the ground in Vietnam, was fired by President Ford after testifying before Congress about controversial CIA programs like MKULTRA and CoIntelPro. After the fall of the Berlin Wall, both living on American soil, Colby and Kalugin played themselves in Spycraft, a multi-million dollar game that was among the most advanced of its time — and is now almost entirely forgotten.

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Jamelle Bouie Jamelle Bouie As: Narration
Kirill Voloshin Kirill Voloshin As: Oleg Kalugin (voiceover)
Jacob Geller Jacob Geller As: John Prados (voiceover)
Ken Berris Ken Berris As: Self
Kirk B.R. Woller Kirk B.R. Woller As: Self
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In 1995, former KGB Major General Oleg Kalugin and ex-CIA Director William Colby collaborated in an unexpected way. They made a video game. The Great Game traces how both men rose to the tops of their fields following World War II, before falling out of favor with their respectives agencies — on opposite sides of the Iron Curtain. For Kalugin, a growing discontent with the KGB’s treatment of Russians radicalized him against the institution. Meanwhile William Colby, an OSS operative and the CIA’s man on the ground in Vietnam, was fired by President Ford after testifying before Congress about controversial CIA programs like MKULTRA and CoIntelPro. After the fall of the Berlin Wall, both living on American soil, Colby and Kalugin played themselves in Spycraft, a multi-million dollar game that was among the most advanced of its time — and is now almost entirely forgotten.


Tagline: In 1995, former KGB Major General Oleg Kalugin and ex-CIA Director William Colby collaborated in an unexpected way. They made a video game.
Certification: NR

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Genres: Documentary

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Release Date: 10 October 2024

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Runtime: 78m

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Company: Polygon

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Tara Long

Tara Long

Executive Producer

Chris Plante

Chris Plante

Executive Producer

Simone de Rochefort

Simone de Rochefort

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Clayton Ashley

Clayton Ashley

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Clayton Ashley

Clayton Ashley

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Patrick Gill

Patrick Gill

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Phil Nolan

Phil Nolan

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Angélica Ponce

Angélica Ponce

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Clayton Ashley

Clayton Ashley

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Angélica Ponce

Angélica Ponce

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Patrick Gill

Patrick Gill

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Phil Nolan

Phil Nolan

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Clayton Ashley

Clayton Ashley

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