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North Korea.
Two Years earlier
Please, let me go, I am not
the one you think
I am not who you think I am.
Please, I do not spy...
I just want to go home.
You tried to spy on us.
I am not a spy,
I am a businesswoman
working with petroleum and gas
You are here to sabotage us
our nuclear ambition.
I am not a spy.
I am not a spy!
I'm not a spy....
Keep your head down and say nothing
until the exchange
in case Kim Jong-Il changes his mind
Exchange.
I do not understand.
You do not understand, what?
The rule says that a single life is
not worth exposing an operation.
You're right.
If we need to lose
someone for greater good.
we will.
And why did you do it?
Well...
I did not do it.
He did
Once he found out where you're,
there's nothing can stop him.
He petitioned the Senate,
The State Department
we did not want publicity,
So I figured we thought up some reason, and do the goddam right thing and spare the public from themselves
Are you okay?
Yes.
S A L T
Washington DC
Present Day
Hi.
- Good morning.
- Happy Anniversary
Want me to prepare-your breakfast?
How about... pancakes?
You're cooking ?
You're joking, you like my cooking.
German never joke
At least Burt likes my cooking.
Get your bug away from the table.
- It's a spider.
- Bug.
- It's spider.
- ..bugs..
Are you doing these on company time?
It's my anniversary today
and I want everything to be perfect.
But...
That is not sexy.
No, but it is utulitarian
and utulitarians are sexy.
I found something, first name
Busse, last name Bussac.
- Any and A-be's?
- One.
Friend, do me a favor and stick
that in a safe place until tomorrow.
Mata Hari here is going to have a great night tonight.
Yes, sir, right away, sir.
Sir...
Do I look like a Sir?
It's hard to say, some say they want to call you Your majesty
I prefer "your Majesty" instead
We have to note that,
I think more like Majesty.
Was I ever so young?
Youngest...
Accompanies you and me.
How did the meeting go?
You know, as-usual.
The President wants to know what happens
in Russia the day before it happened.
But you, you passed this.
I'm doing it
Are you sure about that?
You know, once you begin to push
paper, you can not you come back.
I had a feeling
weird last night.
I was home and was sick.
Home and sick?
- Sir!
- Takes a while...
We have a "go."
We get a walk-in arrived five minutes ago.
- Here?
- Apparently not think our coverage.
- It is bonafide?
- It's Russian.
Says he was tired of it.
- It's a ***.
- How's his English?
Passable, not great.
If you join
in English ...
Ted, Mike is waiting at home.
Yes, and I have a plane to catch.
Come on, Salt
this will not hold you much.
- I've just 25 minutes.
- And I am only 26, come on.
I'll be just us.
Who has called them?
those are from Contra intelligence?
Not me.
Hi Ted, I came
to crash the party.
- Peabody.
- Salt.
Take the bag off his head.
Microphones are turned on.
Check level.
Cameras recording.
Polygraph is activated.
You can start.
Salt.
Commencing video and sound recording.
The interview commence at 2:42 p.m..
You're married.
Must have been a distraction
for a female intelligence officer
We are here to talk about you.
What is your name?
My name is Alec Vassily Orlov.
And I have cancer.
I am moved, and how sentimental
A defector with cancer. Selling secrets for
chemo, or are you afraid to die?
When we arrived at a
Finally, it is
You do not have anything that you can scare me.
Vassily Oleg Orlov.
It appeared in 1993
Novosibirsk, Siberia.
- He stayed there for some time.
- Check what he says with the polygraph test.
Polygraph test says he says
the truth in relation to cancer.
Prior to 1993?
Nothing.
Does not exist.
I need to be somewhere else,
Mr. Orlov.
So if you don't mind getting
to the point.
I came to tell you the
name of a Russian agent.
Do not speak Russian.
I have to ask you to talk in English.
You were saying?
1975.
Cold War .
Imagine your are in Grozny, Olympic training
Soviet wrestler Chenkov Teodorovici,
and a girl gymnast named Sasha.
It's for the first time they met, and
the only man on earth for him.
Annie.
Within a month they were married.
And within a year, a child.
One month's more,
the child was back to the same hospital
sick ..
Within days after that
the child suddenly was died.
Yes.
The child was died.
And, yes.
The child was buried.
But the Chernenko baby was alive
and became the property of another man.
A master spy who
devised a greatest plan
that Russia could ever invent.
The plan to destroy America.
It had all started with an American
named Lee Harvey Oswald.
In 1959
He went to Russia.
Three years later he
returned home,
but the man who came back to America
was in fact a Russian spy,
named Alek
On November 22, 1963,
Alek became the first success of
the new program
and a hero of the Soviet Union.
The spy master was getting the go ahead,
to create many more like Alek.
... scores of agents ..
males and females
which will be substitute Americans.
In an abandoned monastery,
Chenkov and other children
learn English long before they learn Russian.
Drilled in idioms, phrases...
idiosyncracies and behavior,
and ideology.
And by methods of through rigorous
physical and psychological programs,
The spy master made was
warriors that casts no doubt as about
their faith against him.
You're charming.
When is the good fairy coming?
No.
This is a true story without hope.
Chenkov was prepared
to enter into American families.
There was an accident, the family died, and
Chenkov was sent to America
to live a complete lie
And look forward to the attach from within
day X.
Long wait for the mission. has come.
Chenkov is to be sent to travel to New York,
to kill the president ... of Russia.
during the funeral of
U.S. vice president.
- Chenkov is KA12.
- KA12.
KA is a program legend .
Highly trained Russian sleeper agents inside the
American society
to sabotage and kill
Supposedly they have long years to strike.
Even decades.
Probably.
What, you do not believe in moles?
I believe in moles alright
Just not the bogey-man
Especially when the plan is to kill
their own president.
Remember this guy.
Wrap it up, Ev
So a Russian agent is going to kill
the Russian president, is that all?
All right.
Thank you very much.
And what do you want for this information?
Simply want to help you
with what you need to do.
You're good.
KA program is brilliant.
***.
But I am officially off-duty, so...
you will tell the rest of your story
to one of my colleagues.
- Salt.
- Yes.
The name of the Russian agent is Salt.
Evelyn Salt.
My name is Evelyn Salt
Then you are a Russian spy.
True.
So far the FMRi scan registered truth
on everything he said.
Ted...
Call the Secret Service and
make sure you find my husband.
- Where are you going?
- I have to get on the phone.
No, said after the polygraph test.
- Because you think so?
- Yes.
I could into it and the polygraph
5 times in 6. Try. And so does he.
I want to call my husband.
- Let me call my husband.
- Let me see and.
There is one reason
the mention of my wedding ring.
When reveals cover spies, are not
only that, but their whole life, you know it.
To remember what happened
with Henry's wife?
Yes. The speaker.
Leave a message after the beep.
Thank you. Bye.
Honey, this is me.
Please call me as soon as you hear this.
Okay, sweetie? As soon as you hear this.
Godspeed, comrade Chenkov.
To interrogate that piece of ***
on this ***.
I'm always happy when I receive answers.
Look, Ev, try to stay calm.
I am not a *** Russian spy.
I did not say that you are.
Let's go to my office
and sort this out
We have to go to a secure location.
Now.
All right.
Where you got any more secure than this?
Ev, 5 minutes.
Call protective services and
tell them to find him Mike.
Give us a second. I'll be right back.
Look, I know we have jurisdiction, but
to please her and just five minutes.
No.
If I have to , She can not have 5 minutes
alone, you must talk to her.
- I see that is scary?
- I do not care.
I do not care.
There is a mole in Russia house
There is a mole here,
I'm sure of it.
Please steps into the elevator
What the hell is that?
Sir.
***.
Here it has passed without any problem.
With two minutes before we lock down.
We have a match, sir.
In 1981.
Here is Brezhnev, and there...
- This is it.
- It seems that he was a heavy weight
Get that photo up now to
every ticket counter, airports,
train stations, taxi dispatch
everywhere.
Get me to the Director
on a secure line, now.
Yes, sir.
the right screen ...
Is that live ?
Yes, sir.
Where is she going?
Watch it.
This is security building.
There is a woman in the
left behind you,
Jump on her name.
- There is the Chambers range.
- Damn.
Where to go?
Hi Edward, is Mike there?
No, sorry, went to lunch.
Incidentally, in many years.
Stairwell is
at the second floor.
- What's on that floor?
- It's empty.
- Security buffer.
- Isolate and seal it
Take you to the service from Mike.
It's the corridor.
Kill the power to the elevator doors.
We got her.
...
All right.
Get the tactical team
to meet with me in the south stairwell.
Yes, sir.
What do you recommend, sir?
I am bringing her back.
- Damn.
- lost visual
Where is she now, talk to me.
Come on.
There, interrogation room.
Vice President of Product and Development
Rink Petroleum
Parents killed in car accident
on December 24, 1988.
- Have you found it?
- What the hell are you doing there?
Situation does not look good.
The tactical team comes to you
in about 30 seconds.
Watch out for cameras.
Do not hurt yourself.
Have you found my husband?
These boys don't fool around, Ev.
Please, I can not help
if you do not talk to me.
Call me when it finds you Mike.
Okay, open the door slightly
to throw gas.
Are these even necessary ?
Do you want to shoot her?
Send in your team
there right now.
Well, on my count.
3, 2, 1.
Go!
Jesus Christ.
Where is she?
Come on, guys, find her. Now.
There she is.
Crosses the street.
Hell, lose it
the camera viewfinder.
Back it up and zoom in
Freeze
What are you doing there?
Michael Krause, left
office an hour ago.
Salt's apartment
is 20 minutes away.
We can check,
but not to go there.
Will lead to worry that he and Mike.
- Let's go now.
- Okay.
Taxi!
Hughes Street, I'll
tell you where you stop
Hi, I'm Mike, please
to leave a message after the beep.
It is one of the most conspicuous
arachnologi in the world, sir.
And I have full access
the boys from North Korea.
So...
Russians have found the bug and want to know him.
It is a perfect cover
to get in.
Mike?
Mike?
Honey?
Hi, sweetie.
It's okay, where is Daddy?
Where is Daddy?
Come on.
...
The bathroom is clear.
The kitchen is clear.
The office is clear
The living room is clear
Go .. in 50 seconds.
What are you doing?
She is not here and it looks like
there is no sign of her husband.
Have you ever considered that
Russian because that could have minds?
- What will?
- I do not know, so close?
From her perspective maybe her husband is in danger.
Maybe, Godforbid,
Salt is who she says she is.
Maybe is your department.
Mine is catching her to find out.
Protocol is clear
we bring her here, or we bring her down
What's your name?
hey ...
Do you come here often?
Oh, I am working here.
At the Museum.
I am an arachnologist.
A what?
I collect spiders.
I got her, she is going
to the Almnetzo station.
She entered the mall across the street 10.
There she is.
All teams in the south.
Go to bridge block it.
Stops her!.
Stops her
Damn!
Sit, do not grasp.
Stop!
- Stop! you.
- I did nothing, I am innocent.
On the ground, now!
I stopped.
Go, Give up now.
- On the ground.
- I have to find my husband.
- Why did you run?
- I have to find my husband.
That's not a reason.
Wait.
Stay there.
I am innocent
someone set me up.
- Don 't make me put you down, Salt.
- Put the *** gun down.
- On the floor now!
- No!
On the ground.
I have to bring you in, Salt
Salt, put yourself on the ground face down.
Someone tries to kill
Russian president and you know it.
Do something about it.
- For this you should be ignorant.
- Give up before I break the I.
You have no where to run, quit now.
I can not do that.
It is a blue semi truck
and is moving towards north.
Dial a blockage in front now.
Here it is.
Stops.
Salt!!
- My friend, have a ... the team.
- I do not know it yet.
It is actually very well trained
and everything done so far
was to protect and cover.
Why do not you tell me the
began to feel about it?
Exit on the road! Exit on the road!
Well, take it down.
Damn!
Damn.
All right.
Ted, I know that is your friend
but we have to stop
to go to New York.
And I have to do now.
Service to report
secret and the smallest detail.
Jump to say that a possible
turn to her.
Look.
Orlov can not be any behind him too.
Jump Evelyn was injured in accident
Moscow in 1988 that killed his parents.
Have you seen this?
Go and spent his childhood in Russia.
He was in a car accident in 1988,
in which both parents have died.
Were teachers at the American Embassy
American employees children.
That's why I put it in Russia for the first time.
We must take flight
to New York tonight.
Here in New York, security is busy
to continue the preparations
for funeral
U.S. vice president.
Besides Althea dignitaries will attend tomorrow
the job at St. Bartholomew
Russian President Boris Matveyev,
who arrived here in Manhattan
earlier this afternoon.
Evelyn, look at me.
If it was a path I would choose.
- Should not be here.
- What? Do not understand.
Now they know who are.
Who?
Evelyn, who?
A link to any on you,
but you must know.
So I... look at me.
Look at me.
Just tell me, okay?
Just tell me.
I work...
I work for the CIA
See that?
There is no future for us.
There are safe with me.
I want to be safe.
I know.
And I want to be with you.
I want to spend my
the rest of my life with you.
Okay?
All right.
Welcome to New York
Fernandez missed.
A single night and a room of luxury?
Yes.
Mrs Fernandez
you want to help you with your luggage?
No, I do, thank you.
It is a solemn day here in the city of New York.
Funeral
Maxwell Haulls vice president.
Former Senator
and a warrior in the Cold War.
May his legacy to bring a new
era in relations between America and Russia.
Russian President Boris Matveyev
just arrived in Moscow
that man's funeral
called, best friend of the west.
What security perimeter?
We surrounded him everywhere.
And those are agents of
secret services.
Not from the CIA, so I relax.
That was funny.
I did not know that and I'll Tell jokes.
Give your back. Back.
- Boris...
- Mr. president ..
Please contact to place.
Mrs Haulls...
After the president finished his speech download
I go in a safe place.
If we try something here
gonna be really amazing.
As vice president,
showed the world what is
better to be American.
And today, The world and say goodbye to him.
I got here.
Maximillian Haulls and started journey
a place to chill...
Answer.
I'm going to team
something happened there.
What is going on, tell me.
Zulu 1 and 2, answer. Repeat.
He held it to you and for
will always have my respect.
Get him there on Matveyev!
Drop your weapon!
Drop it.
Target is raised.
Hands behind your head.
Do not move!
Search for a weapon.
We need paramedics here immediately.
I feel no pulse.
Get out.
What, what?
Do you realize how much blood
is on your hands?
One to rot in prison are, Go.
A staff to make sure!
Back off, man.
Back.
Let's go.
Matveyev was declared dead
the way to hospital.
Jesus Christ.
Yes.
You were right about it.
She had a drop on me, Ted.
Why did not she shoot?
Officer down!
Officer down! Hear me?
Exit out of the car
with hands behind your head.
Take me out.
- What is your name?
- My name is Evelyn Salt
- What college did you study?
- Princeton University.
- Where do you work?
- The CIA
Who will you trust?
Nobody.
Be very patient.
And you remember your training.
And remember that there're not only you.
There are many like you.
All wait to strike
and we will strike together.
Wait.
One day I'll come to all of you.
Hi, Evelyn.
I am Mark Crenshaw
the American Embassy.
We're very sorry about your parent's accident.
In front of U.S. embassy,
BC crowd and shouted dissatisfaction
and prompted a strong response
against what they call
U.S. state sponsored terrorism.
Riots organized
similar protests in Russia.
We'll fight back, says new
Russian president,
upset by the assassination
American agent, Evelyn Salt.
Even if the body of former president
Matveyev was sent back to Moscow
manifestation anti-American
were multiply in Russia.
And he was attacked
diplomatic machine in Moscow.
Russian forces are on high alert are.
In response to the crisis Ongoing,
President Lewis asked for a
emergency meeting at the White House.
Hi, comrade Chenkov!
Hi, comrade Orlov.
When I saw you in Washington
almost gave me tears.
One should not marry.
You should not married
It is a great tactical advantage.
I did it just to seem normal.
When you escaped today, I thought no I
I could not hope so.
You're my greatest creation ... mine.
I have been trained well.
My husband, do you have him ?
I have to make sure.
But now you trust me?
Completely.
So tell me what next
Next is part two
We seize control of this country's
atomic weapons
How?
You'll see.
All right.
Are you satisfied?
I am satisfied.
Comrades,
Our sister joined us.
Russia is gonna rise from the ashes and
the greatest war
the world has ever seen.
And the world will hear us!
We will be heard.
Welcome back
Our family, my sister.
Sister.
Russia has changed,
whether we lives or die, we will be missed.
You are to meet with a NATO agent
plane here...
the number is N182SL.
Latest instructions
you'll get from him.
That's all?
That's it.
After that, we do ... .
Not to mention
emission to reception stations.
You're not going to hear from me again.
My daughter.
Have you received any news from Orlov?
Yes, the last word was
"Start."
Chenkov.
Do you remember me?
Chenkov
Do you miss me?
Had?
How long are you here?
I left Russia
one year after you
I've been the NATO liason of the White House
for three years.
Colonel Edwards Thomas
And you...
are my attache
Your ID card.
We have plenty of time.
Most important is our mission.
The bunker is eight stories below the White House.
That's where the president is going to be.
How do we know this?
Do not worry, he's gonna be
there, it's my business,
to make sure he's gonna be there.
What's my job?
Do you remember me, Chenkov?
You remember when you were young?
And you have to be first at everything.
Must be the best at all.
Although you knew he would give your heavier loads,
you must be the first.
I remember.
Tonight you will finish ahead of me
again.
Tonight you will kill him,
the American president .
IDs, please.
Open the hood.
You do not have anything in the trunk?
Control, this is H. Evans. We have a colonel
named Thomas and a major Kucik.
Colonel.
Major.
All clear
You know the drill, Colonel.
A shrapnel.
from a Serbian land mine.
I spend more time
looking for it, than the doctors.
Please stand here, sir.
Turn around.
Thank you.
Patience is key, I was here only
two years, but others stayed longer.
- What others?
- I do not know.
But you are the best of us
and I was the least.
There must be others who will
finish what we begin today
- Thomas...
- Major Kucic.
It is a pleasure to meet you. You have exactly
2 minutes to expose your views.
Ted, your Russian CIA agent, Salt,
What can we say about her?
We believe that she is
a Soviet plant,
started several years ago
what a KGB training officer
called day X.
The day that start
strikes on the U.S. and friends.
You should be the president now.
This is a big joke, Chenkov.
But you can do it.
- You still do not tell me what are you going to do.
- Home.
I am going home.
Back!
- Are you okay, sir?
- Yes.
I think I saw her
Whom did you see?
Salt
I think I saw her in the corner.
Next to the officer.
She's here.
Clear. Go!
Go!
We have an officer on the seventh floor,
he thinks he saw Salt
Again, the presence of
Evelyn Salt is confirmed.
This is not a drill,
get out of the building.
This is not a drill.
I want to check this corridor
left, now.
I'm Jake, I need
ensure that the bunker is functional.
If this is approved by the Russian government
it is an act of war.
And we will respond.
Let's go, sir.
Moke sure how many. Moke sure how many.
Close! Close!
Go, go.
Approaching
The bunker doors in 5 seconds.
It's clear
Is there a chance to follow us?
Nobody can pass this door
if it is closed.
Well,
but unfortunately it does not
He is one of yours.
Well, ... .
Stay there until the door closes ...
Get me to...
Sir, I think she must be
taking the opportunity
that they now have
started project X.
Mr. President,
Director Manfred is on the line.
Marianne what is the situation?
It's supposed to appear in
one of your screens.
What you see there is the temperature drop
of the facilities in Siberia.
I mean that Russians and deploying their weapons.
And this is confirmed
on the ground too, Mr president.
Mr. President, I strongly recommend
to go from the DEFCON 4 DEFCON2.
At least until this ends.
If the Russians prepare weapons, I will have to
think our options to go nuclear.
If it's not on the table, it's
not negotiable.
All right, Marianne, we'll come back.
The first door is locked, no answer
to any command.
And I lost signal
from most cameras.
We are down here and nobody
it enters the facility.
Command, we lost images
cameras
and have a door that is not working.
Go there now.
This sealed chamber.
Provides corridor.
This is the president of Howard Lewis.
Proceed with authentication.
Yes, Mr president.
Ready to commence on authentication code, sir.
- Zulu Tango Echo, Niner, XRay.
- Seven, Mike, Whiskey, Six
- Seven Mike, Whiskey, Six.
- Alpha, Charlie, five, knives.
Identification code is confirmed.
It is only yours now,
Mr. president.
God be with you.
Drawing commands and the target are
your command, sir president.
Delta, where is your location?
Delta, where is your location?
- The camera outside the door works ?
- Yes.
Put it on screen.
... officer Draw what is in your status?
...officer Draw , come in
What is that?
That's her
That is Evelyn Salt
- Give me a gun, I am qualified.
- No, sir, only the Secret Service
may carry arms in a facility
where there is the president.
Screw protocols, Jack.
We have an enemy agent out there.
Protocol is protocol, sir.
- Is dead.
- And is dead.
I'm just a friend,
from the national security.
not anymore
Sit down.
Who are you?
My name, Mr. President,
is Nikola Tarchovski.
And unless you do exactly as I say,
I would be the last person you ever see
Launch the program review.
***.
- Select area of attack.
- Ted.
Congratulations, man
Chenkov. You succeeded.
Why do not you tell me?
I tried many times but...
My loneliness, you
were the only friend.
But you were with us in Russia,
you and me to be remembered.
I was with a class one year before you. comrade
Best of Orlov's stars.
And now I have the honor to launch the attack.
Excuse me.
Targets you selected.
Tehran.
Mecca.
Tehran and Mecca?
Part two of our plan.
Kills nine million people.
One billion angry Muslims.
And America is gonna suffer
a painful death.
Let me to join you.
No need for a scandal at Langley.
May have to do it.
Should you can do.
If you are tempted it says.
You're the man...
Let me to join you.
All these years you were in front
me and I knew I did not.
Let me to join you.
I want to be with you.
We present live feed
with Russian President Matveyev,
when he's landing in Moscow.
This is amazing
as doctor
Error on the president Matveyev
death declartion was ..
was due to a temporary paralysis
because of a spider toxin .
I have recruited you.
I felt that I lost you there
in North Korea.
I can see how you were worried
baout routine night Mike.
It's like a rookie, you should not
fall in love.
That's why I told Orlov to take him.
By the way, how is Mike?
Orlov is dead.
That's good news.
You saved me the trouble.
to remove him by forces,
do not ruin your CIA cover
See,
I want to quit in real life.
And I needed
someone to blame.
So I am the a bad guy
And I'm the hero.
Congratulations, Ev.
You're about to become famous.
Confirmation is requested.
Confirmation is requested.
Confirmation is requested.
Identity confirmed.
Ask permission to launch.
Ask permission to launch.
Get down on the floor, now!
I said now.
The launch was canceled.
The system reboots.
Show me your hands.
Show me your hands.
What is your name, sir?
Ted Winter of the CIA
Help the president!.
Mr. President, can you hear me?
- Aid is on the way
- Make sure you have body bags
there are at least seven here.
She wears bullet proof vests .
I want alone in the room. There are
other cases, I need to talk with her.
She would not speak, she is trained not to
speak no matter what you do.
If I were to find the other of
these, I gonna find them myself
Somebody already did
At least some of them. Along river
East, there are 12 dead, including Orlov.
Who did this?
I do not know, forensics are
dealing with it.
Step back, sir.
Step back. Please, step back
Sir, Sir! It's Ted, you better come up here.
Sit down.
She's yours for 15
minutes during the flight.
Then it is the FBI
Why did you kill him?
Because somebody had to
What?
Why do you always think that everybody is
who they say they are?
You knew that something's wrong
when Orlov entered the building.
So did I
Just do not know what it was.
Winter did it.
Winter?
You expect me to to believe that Winter is gonna launch some
missile and that you've saved the world?
I'd like you to think so. Yeah, I did
Those are some very serious charges.
Well...
He is dead now, so he can't
defend himself.
I guess we have to decide ourselves.
How many are there guys like you?
Like me?
None.
Like him?
More than you and I can handle
alone.
Do you really think that a trained Soviet agent
could not kill the Russian president
at point blank if she wanted to?
- Or you too, for that matter.
- What?
I could kill you at the
funeral, but I didn't
You surrendered to me, because
I think you know ...
You know better.
I had a choice.
You know better.
Fingerprints place Salt on barge where
Orlov was killed.
I do think I believe you ...
and if I to save you for a second time I would believe it
Nobody else would
Maybe you can think
a way around that.
They took everything from me.
I'll kill them.
***!
We are approaching the Potomac,
due south west
Go get them.
END