Spy/Master is a Romanian fictional Cold War spy thriller television series. Set in 1978 and filmed in Hungary and Romania, the series is based on the real-life defection of Romanian spymaster Ion Mihai Pacepa. Victor Godeanu (Alec Sec?reanu) is the director of the Romanian Ministry of External Affairs and a trusted confidant of Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceau?escu (Claudiu Bleon?u)