Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011)
Directed by Tomas Alfredson

Drama / Mystery / Thriller

Film Synopsis

In 1973, at the height of the Cold War, the British secret services are on a state of maximum alert.  After a failed mission in Hungary, the head of MI6 makes contact with his faithful lieutenant, George Smiley.  Fearing that the security services have been infiltrated by a Soviet agent, Smiley's bosses partner him with a young agent, Peter Guillam, to flush out the mole.  The mission is compromised by Smiley's previous association with a Russian spy named Karla...
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Film Credits

  • Director: Tomas Alfredson
  • Script: Bridget O'Connor, Peter Straughan, John le Carré (novel)
  • Cinematographer: Hoyte Van Hoytema
  • Music: Alberto Iglesias
  • Cast: Mark Strong (Jim Prideaux), John Hurt (Control), Zoltán Mucsi (Magyar), Péter Kálloy Molnár (Hungarian Waiter), Ilona Kassai (Woman in Window), Imre Csuja (KGB Agent), Gary Oldman (George Smiley), Toby Jones (Percy Alleline), David Dencik (Toby Esterhase), Ciarán Hinds (Roy Bland), Colin Firth (Bill Haydon), Kathy Burke (Connie Sachs), Benedict Cumberbatch (Peter Guillam), Stephen Graham (Jerry Westerby), Arthur Nightingale (Bryant), Simon McBurney (Oliver Lacon), Tom Hardy (Ricki Tarr), Amanda Fairbank-Hynes (Belinda), Peter O'Connor (Fawn), Roger Lloyd-Pack (Mendel)
  • Country: France / UK / Germany
  • Language: English / Russian / Hungarian / French
  • Support: Color
  • Runtime: 127 min

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