Traitor/Patriot The Soviet General Who Switched Sides (Season 1, Episode 1)
TV Episode | Documentary, History, War

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Traitor/Patriot

The Soviet General Who Switched Sides (Season 1, Episode 1)

TV Episode | Documentary, History, War

Arguably the greatest spy for the West during the Cold War, Dimitriy Polyakov was a Russian Military Intelligence General who turned on Russia. He was run by the CIA and FBI and betrayed by both Ames and Hanssen.

Directors

Maria Berry (as Maria Wye Berry) | Marek Bures

Writer

Maria Berry (as Maria Wye Berry)

Producer

Marek Bures

Cinematographers

Brandon Champ Robinson | Prokop Soucek

Editors

Paul Dean | Jack Farrell

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Edit Released

Updated Dec 31, 2022

Release date

2022 (United States)

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23 cast members

Name	Known for
Eva Dillon Self - Author of 'Spies in the Family' Self - Author of 'Spies in the Family' See fewer	Traitor/Patriot (2022)
James M. Olson Self - Former Chief of CIA Counterintelligence Self - Former Chief of CIA Counterintelligence See fewer	Traitor/Patriot (2022)
Paul Joyal Self - Russian Intelligence Expert Self - Russian Intelligence Expert See fewer	Cyberwar 2022 (2023)
Oleg Kalugin Self - Head of KGB Foreign Counter-Intelligence (Ret.) Self - Head of KGB Foreign Counter-Intelligence (Ret.) See fewer	Spycraft: The Great Game (1996)
Igor Prelin Self - Veteran of Soviet Intelligence Service Self - Veteran of Soviet Intelligence Service See fewer	Traitor/Patriot (2022)
Calder Walton Self - Harvard Kennedy School, Author of 'Spies' (as Dr. Calder Walton) Self - Harvard Kennedy School, Author of 'Spies' (as Dr. Calder Walton) See fewer	Traitor/Patriot (2022)
Sandy Grimes Self - CIA Officer (Ret.), Author of 'Circle of Treason' Self - CIA Officer (Ret.), Author of 'Circle of Treason' See fewer	The Assets (2014)
Robert Wallace Self - CIA, Director of Office of Technical Service (Ret.) (as Bob Wallace) Self - CIA, Director of Office of Technical Service (Ret.) (as Bob Wallace) See fewer	Spycraft (2020)
Waldimir Skotzko Self - CIA Operations Officer, Station Chief (Ret.) (as Scotty Skotzko) Self - CIA Operations Officer, Station Chief (Ret.) (as Scotty Skotzko) See fewer	Traitor/Patriot (2022)
Josh Morrison Narrator (voice) Narrator (voice) See fewer	Traitor/Patriot (2022)
Aldrich Ames Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Aldrich Ames: Traitor Within (1998)
Rosario Ames Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Traitors Within (2002)
Fidel Castro Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Araaayyyyy!!! (1986)
Sergey Chuvakhin Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer
Paul Dillon Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer
Robert Hanssen Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer
John F. Kennedy Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Profiles in Courage (1964)
Nikita Khrushchev Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	This Hour Has Seven Days (1964)
Zedong Mao Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The New China (1951)
Richard Nixon Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Frost/Nixon (2008)
Edward J. O'Neill Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer
Oleg Penkovsky Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer
Dmitri Polakov Self (archive footage) (as Dmitri Polyakov) Self (archive footage) (as Dmitri Polyakov) See fewer