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When Colonel Ryszard Kuklinski realizes a war between the superpowers will destroy Poland he decides to work with CIA operatives. As a top official in the Polish army, he has access to the classified documents of the Warsaw Pact outlining a planned invasion of Western Europe with nuclear force. On a daily basis, from 1972 to 1981, Kuklinski must work alongside his comrades while secretly smuggling these documents to the West. When suspicions start to rise, Kuklinski is forced to flee with his family to the US. Upon his departure from Poland, a court order charges him with treason and orders his execution. While in hiding, the real tragedy of his life begins when he suffers personal losses and he must accept that the world he saved sees him a traitor. - Dannielle Dyson

Co-presented with YouNxt andEkran Toronto Polish Film Festival.