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''Telefon'' is a 1977 spy film, starring Charles Bronson, Donald Pleasence and Lee Remick.〔''Variety'' film review; December 14, 1977, page 12.〕 It was directed by Don Siegel. The film is based on a 1975 novel about mind control, by Walter Wager. ==Plot== After the Cuban Missile Crisis, the Soviet Union planted a number of long-term, deep-cover sleeper agents all over the United States, spies so thoroughly brainwashed that even they did not know they were agents; they could only be activated by a special code phrase (a line from Robert Frost's poem "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening" followed by their real given names). Their mission was to sabotage crucial parts of the civil and military infrastructure as a precursor to a possible US/USSR active conflict or war. More than 20 years pass, and the Cold War gradually gives way to détente. Nikolai Dalchimsky (Donald Pleasence), a rogue KGB headquarters clerk, travels to America, taking with him the ''Telefon Book'', which contains the names, addresses and telephone numbers of all the agents. He starts activating them one by one. American counterintelligence is thrown into confusion when seemingly ordinary citizens start blowing up what are, in some cases formerly top secret facilities that were declassified or abandoned years before; the agents commit suicide afterwards if they survive. The KGB dares not tell its political leaders, much less the Americans, about its negligence in not deactivating the spy network. Major Grigori Bortsov (Charles Bronson), who is selected for his photographic memory, memorizes the contents of the only other copy of the ''Telefon Book''. He is then sent to find and stop Dalchimsky quickly and quietly, before either side learns what is happening and either embarrass the KGB or possibly start a nuclear war. He is given the assistance of only a single agent planted in America, Barbara (Lee Remick). Eventually, Bortsov discovers the method behind Dalchimsky's madness: he chooses the agents by the first letters of their hometowns, "writing" his own name in sabotage across America. Using this information, Bortsov is finally able to locate Dalchimsky and kill him. However, there are a number of twists. Barbara has orders from the KGB to assassinate Bortsov once he succeeds, in order to get rid of a dangerous loose end. She is a double agent, but when she informs her American superior, Harry Bascomb (Frank Marth), he also tells her to kill Bortsov, to gain the confidence of the KGB. However, she has fallen in love with her would-be target. She informs Bortsov, and together they blackmail both sides into leaving them alone, holding the threat of the remaining ''Telefon'' agents over their heads. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Telefon (film)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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