Povin — Codename: Kyril Character Profile

About Povin

Deputy to General Michaelov who orchestrates the safe-cracking to verify the diary's existence and pushes for Kyril's assassination. Secretly sympathetic to the West and covertly transmits messages to MI6.

Character Facts

Played by

Denholm Elliott

Appears in

Codename: Kyril (1988)

Role

Supporting

Relationships (3)

• Povin — Professional Deputy — General Michaelov (Espen Skjønberg)

  Direct subordinate relationship within the KGB hierarchy.

• Povin — Alliance Covert Informant — 'C' (Joss Ackland)

  Secret intelligence sharing between a KGB deputy and MI6 leadership.

• Povin — Conflict Betrayal — Marshal Stanov (Peter Vaughan)

  Internal sabotage undermining the KGB head's primary investigation.

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• 'C' (Joss Ackland)
• Laurence Sculby (Richard E. Grant)
• Loshkevoi (John McEnery)
• Marshal Stanov (Peter Vaughan)
• General Michaelov (Espen Skjønberg)
• Sikarov (James Laurenson)
• Emma (Catherine Neilson)
• Stolynovitch (Sven-Bertil Taube)
• Bonham (James Cosmo)
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