<P> In 1963 , at the height of the Cold War , professional thief - turned CIA agent Napoleon Solo extracts Gaby Teller , daughter of Dr. Udo Teller , an alleged Nazi scientist - turned United States collaborator at the end of World War II , from East Berlin , evading KGB operative Illya Kuryakin . He later reports to his superior , Sanders , who reveals that Gaby 's maternal uncle Rudi works in a shipping company owned by Alexander and Victoria Vinciguerra , a wealthy Nazi - sympathizing couple who intend to use Teller to build their own private nuclear weapon and give it to lingering Nazi elements . Due to the potentially world - ending nature of this crisis , the CIA and KGB have reluctantly teamed up , and Solo and Kuryakin are ordered to stop the Vinciguerras from succeeding , with both men secretly assigned to steal Udo Teller 's research for their respective governments . </P>
<P> In 1963 , at the height of the Cold War , professional thief - turned CIA agent Napoleon Solo extracts Gaby Teller , daughter of Dr. Udo Teller , an alleged Nazi scientist - turned United States collaborator at the end of World War II , from East Berlin , evading KGB operative Illya Kuryakin . He later reports to his superior , Sanders , who reveals that Gaby 's maternal uncle Rudi works in a shipping company owned by Alexander and Victoria Vinciguerra , a wealthy Nazi - sympathizing couple who intend to use Teller to build their own private nuclear weapon and give it to lingering Nazi elements . Due to the potentially world - ending nature of this crisis , the CIA and KGB have reluctantly teamed up , and Solo and Kuryakin are ordered to stop the Vinciguerras from succeeding , with both men secretly assigned to steal Udo Teller 's research for their respective governments . </P>
when does the man from uncle take place
when does the man from uncle take place
1963
1963