Spy/master - official trailer (2023) | Liviu Rădulescu

The story is set in 1978, during the Cold War, and follows a critical week in the life of Victor Godeanu (a fictional character partly inspired by Ion Mihai Pacepa). He is Nicolae Ceaușescu’s trusted advisor, but acts as a double agent for the KGB and attempts to defect to the United States. The series Spy/Master is a six-episode political thriller set during a tense week in 1978, at the height of the Cold War. The protagonist is Victor Godeanu, Nicolae Ceaușescu’s personal advisor and right-hand man. Behind the official facade, Godeanu is a double agent who passed secrets to the Soviets for 15 years. His defection is not merely a personal escape. Godeanu is trying to save his family still in Bucharest (his wife and daughter, Ileana), while being hunted by agents from five countries: Romania (the Securitate), the United States (the CIA), the Soviet Union (the KGB), East Germany (the Stasi), and West Germany.