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The Tamarind Seed (1974)During a Caribbean holiday, a British civil servant finds herself falling in love with a Russian agent. Director:Blake Edwards |
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Title: The Tamarind Seed (1974)
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Nominated for 1 BAFTA Film Award.
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Feodor Sverdlov
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Jack Loder
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| Dan O'Herlihy | ... |
Fergus Stephenson
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Margaret Stephenson
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Oskar Homolka | ... |
Gen. Golitsyn
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Bryan Marshall | ... |
George MacLeod
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David Baron | ... |
Richard Paterson
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Celia Bannerman | ... |
Rachel Paterson
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Roger Dann | ... |
Col. Moreau
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Sharon Duce | ... |
Sandy Mitchell
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George Mikell | ... |
Maj. Stukalov
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Kate O'Mara | ... |
Anna Skriabina
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Dimitri Memenov
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John Sullivan | ... |
1st KGB Agent
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While on holiday in Barbados to recover from the lingering effects of a love affair that ended badly, Judith Farrow meets Feodor Sverdlov, a handsome Russian. They find pleasure in each other's company as they visit colorful places on the island, but there are complications to their budding romance after their holiday in the tropical paradise comes to an end. Problems arise due to geopolitical concerns of the Cold War, for Judith is the assistant to an important minister serving in the British Home Office in London, and Feodor is the Soviet air attaché assigned in Paris to Soviet General Golitsyn. British intelligence officer, Jack Loder, suspects the Sverdlov is attempting to recruit Judith to work as a Soviet spy, and this is in fact what Feodor tells his boss that he is attempting to accomplish. Feodor tells Judith that this is a way for him to be able to see her without bringing about suspicion from his people. Due to somewhat similar thinking on the British side, she is ... Written by Brian Greenhalgh
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cold war | british intelligence | caribbean | airport security | illicit affair |Parents Guide:
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Release Date:
22 July 1974 (Sweden) See more »Also Known As:
La leyenda del tamarindo See more »Company Credits
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Incorporated Television Company (ITC), Jewel Productions, Lorimar Productions See more »
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Feodor Sverdlov: Would you say I have a conscience?
Judith Farrow: Well, perhaps not a very big one.
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(uncredited)
Music by Sam Fonteyn
Chappell Recorded Music Library
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Judith Farrow: Everyone has a conscience. You don't think so?Feodor Sverdlov: Would you say I have a conscience?
Judith Farrow: Well, perhaps not a very big one.
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Soundtracks
"Man With a Monkey"(uncredited)
Music by Sam Fonteyn
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"The Tamarind Seed" is a wonderful film to discover for the first time in the video store when you're searching for something good to watch. Made at a time when negative depictions of the Soviet Union had fallen out of favor in the movies, "The Tamarind Seed" wonderfully bucks this trend as Russian embassy Colonel Omar Sharif ultimately comes to realize that the nature of the Soviet system makes some things worse than treason against it. Julie Andrews is at her most beautiful as a British Home Office employee who first meets Sharif on vacation in Barbados, falls in love with him and helps him defect.