The Informant
Created by Bálint Szentgyörgyi
On HBO Max
A tense, morally claustrophobic drama about a young man trapped between loyalty to friends and coercion by an authoritarian state, set in Cold War Budapest.
Behind the Iron Curtain, Geri leaves for college, looks forward to meeting girls and partying and joins a group of radicals led by the charismatic Száva. But Geri has a secret. He’s an informant of the totalitarian state and to save his brother, he’s been forced to spy on his new friends for State Security.
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