
The Courier(2020)
Cold War spy Greville Wynne and his Russian source try to put an end to the Cuban Missile Crisis.


“The game you couldn't put down. The story you couldn't make up.”
In 1988, American video game salesman Henk Rogers discovers the video game Tetris. When he sets out to bring the game to the world, he enters a dangerous web of lies and corruption behind the Iron Curtain.

Taron Egerton
Henk Rogers

Nikita Efremov
Alexey Pajitnov

Sofia Lebedeva
Sasha

Anthony Boyle
Kevin Maxwell

Ben Miles
Howard Lincoln

Ken Yamamura
Minoru Arakawa

Igor Grabuzov
Valentin Trifonov

Oleg Stefan
Belikov

Ayane Nagabuchi
Akemi Rogers

Rick Yune
Bank Manager
Tetris is a thriller, history, drama film released in 2023 exploring themes of video game, nintendo, cold war, based on true story, salesman, copyright. Directed by Jon S. Baird, it stars Taron Egerton, Nikita Efremov, Sofia Lebedeva. In 1988, American video game salesman Henk Rogers discovers the video game Tetris. When he sets out to bring the game to the world, he enters a dangerous web of lies and corruption behind the Iron Curtain.
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In 1990, SEGA, a fledgling arcade company assembled a team of misfits to take on the greatest video game company in the world, Nintendo. It was a once-in-a-lifetime, no-holds-barred conflict that pit brother against brother, kids against grownups, Sonic against Mario, and uniquely American capitalism against centuries-old Japanese tradition. For the first time ever, the men and women who fought on the front lines for Sega and Nintendo discuss this battle that defined a generation.

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