Despite the Falling Snow

About Despite the Falling Snow

New York, 1961. Alexander Ivanov, a high-ranked Soviet bureaucrat, reluctantly defects to the West while is part of a diplomatic mission, feeling the grief of being unable to know the fate of his wife Katya, whom he has had to leave behind in Moscow.

Shamim Sarif's Despite the Falling Snow is a 2016 romance thriller film. Rebecca Ferguson appears as Katya Grinkova, Sam Reid as Young Alexander Ivanov, Charles Dance as Old Alexander Ivanov, and Antje Traue as Marina Rinskaya.

Released in January 2016, it runs 94 minutes. Written by Shamim Sarif.

Shelv files it under cold war, sacrifice, soviet union, and defection. It scores 5.7 out of 10 from 104 TMDB voters and it carries a PG-13 rating.

K-19: The Widowmaker, Bridge of Spies, and Cold War make useful companions to Despite the Falling Snow, all filed under 1960s.