The Sedona International Film Festival presents the Northern Arizona premiere of the new drama “The Catcher Was a Spy,” showing Friday through Wednesday, June 22 through 27, at the Mary D. Fisher Theatre.

“The Catcher Was a Spy” — a gripping, stranger-than-fiction espionage thriller — brings to life the true story of Moe Berg, the professional baseball player who became a World War II spy.

A Jewish, Princeton-educated, multilingual catcher for the Boston Red Sox with a closely guarded private life, the enigmatic Berg [Paul Rudd] was already a man of mystery when, in 1944, the U.S. government’s wartime intelligence agency enlisted his services. His mission: Go behind enemy lines in Europe to assassinate the Nazi’s chief nuclear scientist before the Germans develop an atomic bomb.

Trading in his catcher’s mitt for a trench coat, Berg must rely on his formidable, steel-trap intellect in a high-stakes game of cat and mouse — with the fate of the world hanging in the balance.

Jeff Daniels, Paul Giamatti, and Sienna Miller costar in this slice of forgotten history.

“The Catcher Was a Spy” will be shown at the Mary D. Fisher Theatre June 22 through 27. Showtimes will be 4 and 7 p.m. on Friday, Saturday and Wednesday, June 22, 23 and 27; and 7 p.m. on Sunday, June 24.

Tickets are $12, or $9 for Film Festival members. Call 282-1177 for tickets and more information. The theater and film festival office are located at 2030 W. SR 89A in West Sedona. Visit SedonaFilmFestival.org for more information.