Dear Willie (Season 1)

"Dear Willie" (2025) is a Soviet spy thriller you can watch online on iFILM. Directed by Vladimir Shchegolkov. The early 1960s: Soviet intelligence has confirmed the Americans are planning strikes from military bases in West Germany. Brezhnev rules out a retaliatory ultimatum and bets everything on a long-shot alternative — a secret back-channel agreement with West German Chancellor Willy Brandt.

Two men are recruited for the job. Vyacheslav Vardanov is a combat veteran; Valery Pletnev is a journalist fluent in German. Neither is a trained spy. Neither has a cover if things fall apart. What they share is the knowledge that if this contact fails, the people making the next decision won't be reaching for a phone. Sergei Makovetsky, Alexei Rozin and Kirill Kyaro lead the cast. Stream "Dear Willie" (2025) online on iFILM.