A Different Loyalty

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A Different Loyalty
Lions Gate Entertainment
Release date
  • May 16, 2004 (2004-05-16)
Running time
96 minutes
CountriesCanada
United Kingdom
United States
LanguageEnglish

A Different Loyalty is a 2004

drama film inspired by the story of British traitor Kim Philby's love affair and marriage to Eleanor Brewer in Beirut and his eventual defection to the Soviet Union.[1] The story takes place in the 1960s and stars Sharon Stone and Rupert Everett. In the film, the characters have fictitious names. The film was entered into the 26th Moscow International Film Festival.[2]

Though not credited, the story is based on Eleanor Brewer Philby's 1967 book Kim Philby: The Spy I Loved, published in 1967. The screenplay was written by

co-production. A Different Loyalty was not released theatrically in the United States.

Cast

References

  1. ^ Felperin, Leslie (15 June 2004). "Review: 'A Different Loyalty'". variety.com. Retrieved September 28, 2016.
  2. ^ "26th Moscow International Film Festival (2004)". MIFF. Archived from the original on 2013-04-03. Retrieved 2013-04-07.

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