The Great Game: The Making of Spycraft

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.

  • Genre: Documentary
  • Release Date: 2024-10-10
  • Runtime: 1h 18min
  • Production Company: Polygon
  • Directors: Clayton Ashley, Simone de Rochefort.

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Summary

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

    as Narration
  • Kirill Voloshin

    as Oleg Kalugin (voiceover)
  • Jacob Geller

    as John Prados (voiceover)
  • Ken Berris

    as Self
  • Kirk B.R. Woller

    as Self
  • Carl Colby

    as Self
  • Maya Vinokour

    as Self
  • Andrew Hammond

    as Self
  • Justin McElroy

    as Self
Directing Clayton Ashley Director
Directing Simone de Rochefort Director
Writing Clayton Ashley Writer
Writing Simone de Rochefort Writer
Editing Clayton Ashley Editor
Sound Clayton Ashley Sound Recordist
Sound Patrick Gill Sound Recordist
Sound Phil Nolan Sound Recordist
Sound Angélica Ponce Sound Recordist
Sound Clayton Ashley Sound Mixer
Production Tara Long Executive Producer
Production Chris Plante Executive Producer
Production Simone de Rochefort Producer
Production Clayton Ashley Associate Producer
Crew Angélica Ponce Cinematography
Crew Patrick Gill Cinematography
Crew Phil Nolan Cinematography
Crew Clayton Ashley Cinematography