The Catcher Was a Spy

(2018)

★ 6.2 IMDb · 328 votes

Genres: Drama, War, Thriller, History

Year: 2018

Runtime: 94 мин

Country: United States of America

Director: Ben Lewin

Cast: Пол Радд, Марк Стронг, Сиенна Миллер, Конни Нильсен, Шей Уигэм, Хироюки Санада, Том Уилкинсон, Уильям Хоуп, Джанкарло Джаннини, Пьерфранческо Фавино

Plot

Former major league baseball player Moe Berg lives a double life working for the Office of Strategic Services in World War II Europe.

This stranger-than-fiction espionage thriller from director Ben Lewin (The Sessions) brings to life the incredible true story of Moe Berg (Rudd), the professional baseball player who became a World War II spy. A Jewish, Princeton-educated, multilingual catcher for the Boston Red Sox, the enigmatic Berg was enlisted by the US government to go behind enemy lines and assassinate the Nazi's chief nuclear scientist before the Germans could develop an atomic bomb.