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Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
How do you find an enemy who is hidden right before your eyes?
George Smiley, the aging master spy of the Cold War and once heir apparent to Control, is brought back out of retirement to flush out a top level mole within the Circus. Smiley must travel back through his life and murky workings of the Circus to unravel the net spun by his nemesis Karla 'The Sandman' of the KGB and reveal the identity of the mole before he disappears.
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Synopsis
George Smiley, the aging master spy of the Cold War and once heir apparent to Control, is brought back out of retirement to flush out a top level mole within the Circus. Smiley must travel back through his life and murky workings of the Circus to unravel the net spun by his nemesis Karla 'The Sandman' of the KGB and reveal the identity of the mole before he disappears.
More about Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Cast
Gary OldmanGeorge Smiley
Colin FirthBill Haydon
Tom HardyRicki Tarr
John HurtControl
Toby JonesPercy Alleline
Mark StrongJim Prideaux
Benedict CumberbatchPeter Guillam
Ciarán HindsRoy BlandCredits
- Directed by
- Tomas Alfredson
- Written by
- Peter Straughan, Bridget O'Connor, John le Carré
Production details
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Budget
- $30M
- Box office
- $81.5M
Production
StudioCanalFrance
Working Title FilmsUnited Kingdom- Karla FilmsUnited Kingdom
Paradis FilmsFrance
KinoweltGermany
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