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.
The Great Game: The Making of Spycraft
October 10, 2024
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Jamelle Bouie
Narration
Kirill Voloshin
Oleg Kalugin (voiceover)
Jacob Geller
John Prados (voiceover)
Ken Berris
Self
Kirk B.R. Woller
Self
Carl Colby
Self
Maya Vinokour
Self
Andrew Hammond
Self
Justin McElroy
Self
Clayton Ashley
Director
Simone de Rochefort
Director
Clayton Ashley
Writer
Simone de Rochefort
Writer
Simone de Rochefort
Producer
Chris Plante
Executive Producer
Clayton Ashley
Associate Producer
Tara Long
Executive Producer
Phil Nolan
Sound Recordist
Angélica Ponce
Sound Recordist
Clayton Ashley
Sound Recordist
Patrick Gill
Sound Recordist
Clayton Ashley
Sound Mixer
Patrick Gill
Cinematography
Clayton Ashley
Cinematography
Phil Nolan
Cinematography
Angélica Ponce
Cinematography
Clayton Ashley
Editor