External Affairs
- Release Information
- November 30, 1998
- TV CBC
- Library and Archives Canada - Canadian Feature Film Database (LAC)
- Budget
- Budget: $3,000,000
- Distributors
- Cn Alliance Atlantis Releasing
Production Details
- Executive Producer
- Peter Moss
- Scott Garvie
- Scott Garvie
- Scott Garvie
- Scott Garvie
- Scott Garvie
- Scott Garvie
- Scott Garvie
- Scott Garvie
- Scott Garvie
- Christina Jennings
- Christina Jennings
- Christina Jennings
- Christina Jennings
- Christina Jennings
- Christina Jennings
- Christina Jennings
- Christina Jennings
- Christina Jennings
- Christina Jennings
- Christina Jennings
- Christina Jennings
- Producer
- Scott Garvie
- Scott Garvie
- Christina Jennings
- Christina Jennings
- Christina Jennings
- Christina Jennings
- Christina Jennings
- Christina Jennings
- Christina Jennings
- Christina Jennings
- Christina Jennings
- Christina Jennings
- Christina Jennings
- Christina Jennings
- Christina Jennings
- Christina Jennings
- Christina Jennings
- Christina Jennings
- Line Producer
- Laura Harbin
- Laura Harbin
- Laura Harbin
- Laura Harbin
- Laura Harbin
- Laura Harbin
- Scott Garvie
- Scott Garvie
- Scott Garvie
- Scott Garvie
- Scott Garvie
- Scott Garvie
- Christina Jennings
- Director
- Peter Moss
- Peter Moss
- Peter Moss
- Director of Photography
- Gerald Packer
- Gerald Packer
- Gerald Packer
- Gerald Packer
- Gerald Packer
- Gerald Packer
- Gerald Packer
- Gerald Packer
- Gerald Packer
- Gerald Packer
- Gerald Packer
- Gerald Packer
- Gerald Packer
- Gerald Packer
- Gerald Packer
- Gerald Packer
- Gerald Packer
- Gerald Packer
- Gerald Packer
- Music
- Robert Carli
- Robert Carli
- Robert Carli
- Robert Carli
- Robert Carli
- Robert Carli
- Robert Carli
- Robert Carli
- Robert Carli
- Robert Carli
- Robert Carli
- Robert Carli
- Robert Carli
- Robert Carli
- Robert Carli
- Robert Carli
- Robert Carli
- Robert Carli
- Editor
- Ralph Brunjes
- Ralph Brunjes
- Ralph Brunjes
- Ralph Brunjes
- Ralph Brunjes
- Ralph Brunjes
- Ralph Brunjes
- Ralph Brunjes
- Ralph Brunjes
- Ralph Brunjes
- Ralph Brunjes
- Ralph Brunjes
- Ralph Brunjes
- Ralph Brunjes
- Ralph Brunjes
- Ralph Brunjes
- Ralph Brunjes
- Ralph Brunjes
- Ralph Brunjes
- Ralph Brunjes
- Ralph Brunjes
- Ralph Brunjes
- Ralph Brunjes
- Ralph Brunjes
- Ralph Brunjes
- Ralph Brunjes
- Ralph Brunjes
- Ralph Brunjes
- Ralph Brunjes
- Ralph Brunjes
- Ralph Brunjes
- Ralph Brunjes
- Ralph Brunjes
- Ralph Brunjes
- Ralph Brunjes
- Ralph Brunjes
- Cast
- Louise Marleau
- Louise Marleau
- Louise Marleau
- Louise Marleau
- Louise Marleau
- Louise Marleau
- Louise Marleau
- Louise Marleau
- Louise Marleau
- Louise Marleau
- Louise Marleau
- Louise Marleau
- Louise Marleau
- Louise Marleau
- Louise Marleau
- Louise Marleau
- Louise Marleau
- Louise Marleau
- Louise Marleau
- Louise Marleau
- Louise Marleau
- Louise Marleau
- Louise Marleau
- Louise Marleau
- Victor Garber
- Victor Garber
- Victor Garber
- Victor Garber
- Victor Garber
- Victor Garber
- Victor Garber
- Victor Garber
- Victor Garber
- Victor Garber
- Victor Garber
- Henry Czerny
- Henry Czerny
- Henry Czerny
- Henry Czerny
- Henry Czerny
- Henry Czerny
- Henry Czerny
- Henry Czerny
- Henry Czerny
- Henry Czerny
- Henry Czerny
- Henry Czerny
- Henry Czerny
- Henry Czerny
- Henry Czerny
- Henry Czerny
- Henry Czerny
- Henry Czerny
- Kenneth Welsh
- Kenneth Welsh
- Kenneth Welsh
- Kenneth Welsh
- Kenneth Welsh
- Kenneth Welsh
- Kenneth Welsh
- Kenneth Welsh
- Kenneth Welsh
- Kenneth Welsh
- Kenneth Welsh
- Kenneth Welsh
- Kenneth Welsh
- Kenneth Welsh
- Kenneth Welsh
- Kenneth Welsh
- Kenneth Welsh
- Kenneth Welsh
- Kenneth Welsh
- Kenneth Welsh
- Kenneth Welsh
- Kenneth Welsh
- Kenneth Welsh
- Kenneth Welsh
- Kenneth Welsh
- Kenneth Welsh
- Kenneth Welsh
- Kenneth Welsh
- Kenneth Welsh
- Kenneth Welsh
- Kenneth Welsh
- Kenneth Welsh
- Kenneth Welsh
- Kenneth Welsh
- Kenneth Welsh
- Kenneth Welsh
- Kenneth Welsh
- Kenneth Welsh
- Kenneth Welsh
- Kenneth Welsh
- Kenneth Welsh
- Kenneth Welsh
- Kenneth Welsh
- Kenneth Welsh
- Kenneth Welsh
- Kenneth Welsh
- Kenneth Welsh
- Kenneth Welsh
- Kenneth Welsh
- Kenneth Welsh
- Domini Blythe
- Domini Blythe
- Domini Blythe
- Domini Blythe
- Domini Blythe
- Domini Blythe
- Domini Blythe
- Kate Greenhouse
- Kate Greenhouse
- Kate Greenhouse
- Kate Greenhouse
- Kate Greenhouse
- Kate Greenhouse
- Kate Greenhouse
- Richard McMillan
- Richard McMillan
- Richard McMillan
- Richard McMillan
- Richard McMillan
- Richard McMillan
- Richard McMillan
- Richard McMillan
- Richard McMillan
- Mark Lutz
- Mark Lutz
- Mark Lutz
- Mark Lutz
- David Jansen
- Daniel Kash
- Daniel Kash
- Daniel Kash
- Daniel Kash
- Daniel Kash
- Daniel Kash
- Daniel Kash
- Daniel Kash
- Daniel Kash
- Daniel Kash
- Daniel Kash
- Daniel Kash
- Daniel Kash
- Dave Nichols
- Dave Nichols
- Dave Nichols
- Dave Nichols
- Dave Nichols
- Dave Nichols
- Jan Austin
- Jan Austin
- Oliver Becker
- Oliver Becker
- Wesley Connor
- Allen Stewart-Coates
- Allen Stewart-Coates
- Pixie Bigelow
- Pixie Bigelow
- Pixie Bigelow
- Pixie Bigelow
- Pixie Bigelow
- John Bayliss
- John Bayliss
- John Bayliss
- John Bayliss
- John Bayliss
- John Bayliss
- John Bayliss
- John Bayliss
- John Bayliss
- John Bayliss
- John Koensgen
- John Koensgen
- John Koensgen
- John Koensgen
- John Koensgen
- Leslie Ann Coles
- Jeremy Hole
With a plot resembling a Shakespearean tragedy, the 90-minute TV movie is loosely based on actual incidents involving two Canadian diplomats in the 1960s. The film's central character is Harry Raymond, Canada's ambassador in Moscow at the time, who at the top of his career is implicated in the brutal murder of a young Russian artist.
Raymond and his emotionally fragile wife Marianne are called to Ottawa by his old friend Michael Riordan, the minister of external affairs. An investigation into Harry's life reveals secrets that threaten the careers of both men and their friendship, and unveils the surprising role Marianne has been playing in her husband's life.
Source: Library and Archives Canada - Canadian Feature Film Database (LAC)