| TASS Is Authorized to Declare... | |
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| Written by | Yulian Semyonov |
| Directed by | Vladimir Fokin |
| Theme music composer | Eduard Artemyev |
| Country of origin | Soviet Union |
| Original language | Russian |
| No. of episodes | 10 |
| Production | |
| Producer | Pyotr Pashkevich |
| Cinematography | Igor Klebanov |
| Editor | Yelena Zabolotskaya |
| Running time | 700 minutes |
| Production company | Gorky Film Studio |
| Original release | |
| Release | 30 July (1984-07-30) – 10 August 1984 (1984-08-10) |
TASS Is Authorized to Declare... (Russian:ТАСС уполномочен заявить...,translit. TASS upolnomochen zayavit...) is a 1984Sovietspyminiseries directed byVladimir Fokin. The series is set in theCold War era and portrays a struggle between Soviet and Americanintelligence agencies. It is based on a novel by the same name byYulian Semyonov (the author of cult spy seriesSeventeen Moments of Spring).Seventeen Moments starVyacheslav Tikhonov playedKGB General Konstantinov, the protagonist of the "TASS..." series.[1]
Original film music score was composed byEduard Artemyev as a blend ofprogressive rock andelectronic music.
Trianon (Boris Klyuyev), a willingmole agent for the Americans, is providing hisCIAhandlers inMoscow with information on Soviet supplies to the fictional African state of Nagonia which he obtains through his high-positioned expert job.KGBcounterintelligence painstakingly identifies and neutralizes him. Trianon kills his fiancee who raised suspicions on his double life and then attempts to commit suicide when arrested, but the KGB secures his apprehension and interrogation.
At the same time in Nagonia, Soviet counterintelligence agentSlavin (Yuri Solomin) risks his life assisting in identifyingTrianon and preventing localCIA residentGlabb (Vakhtang Kikabidze) from staging acoup d'etat in the country by pro-American General Ogano against ruling progressive president Grisso. Several foreign whistleblowers providing Slavin with information are killed by Glabb's order.
As the result of successful KGB operation, theTASS state news agency issues a sensational news bulletin exposing the CIA plot.