''A Different Loyalty'' is a 2004

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inspired by the story of British traitor

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's love affair and marriage to Eleanor Brewer in

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and his eventual defection to the

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. The story takes place in the 1960s and stars

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and

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. In the film, the characters have fictitious names. The film was entered into the

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. Though not credited, the story is based on Eleanor Brewer Philby's 1967 book ''Kim Philby: The Spy I Loved'', published in 1967. The screenplay was written by

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. It was a

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/ UK/

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co-production. ''A Different Loyalty'' was not released theatrically in the United States.

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