Overview:
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.| Status: | Released (2011-09-16) |
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| Awards: | Nominated for 3 Oscars. 35 wins & 100 nominations total |
| BoxOffice: | $24,149,393 |
| Screen: | John le Carré, Bridget O'Connor, Peter Straughan |
| Productions: | StudioCanal, Working Title Films, Karla Films, Paradis Films, Kinowelt |
| Production Countries: | Germany, United Kingdom, France |
| Spoken Languages: | English, Français, Magyar, Pусский, Türkçe |
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Casts
- 64: Gary Oldman - George Smiley
- 5472: Colin Firth - Bill Haydon
- 2524: Tom Hardy - Ricki Tarr
- 5049: John Hurt - Control
- 13014: Toby Jones - Percy Alleline
- 2983: Mark Strong - Jim Prideaux
- 71580: Benedict Cumberbatch - Peter Guillam
Crews
- 20422: John le Carré - Novel - Writing
- 15540: Robyn Slovo - Producer - Production
- 2236: Tim Bevan - Producer - Production
- 74396: Tomas Alfredson - Director - Directing
- 64814: Peter Straughan - Screenplay - Writing
- 2238: Eric Fellner - Producer - Production
- 227094: Bridget O'Connor - Screenplay - Writing
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Reviews
Kenneth Axel Carlsson
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The russians have placed a mole within the Circus (who is the british intelligence service, by the way). George Smiley (Gary Oldman), having been fired from the Circus, has now been rehired (secretly) to find the mole. He assembles his small team and begins to look into the matters. ....
Continue reading ->r96sk
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Great cast, nice cinematography and a fascinating plot. <em>'Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy'</em> is very much a slow burn but it's worth it at the end, even if I wouldn't describe the premise as unpredictable - it isn't predictable per se, I just can't say I was majorly surprised at w ....
Continue reading ->Filipe Manuel Neto
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**Despite a great cast and good script material, the film is tiring, stagnant, a bit gray and boring to watch.** This film is a remake of an older film from 1973 (I haven't seen it yet, but I intend to), both of which are film adaptations of a spy novel that was written by John Le ....
Continue reading ->CinemaSerf
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Many folks will remember the wonderful BBC adaptation of this John Le Carré story that featured the late Sir Alec Guinness as the measured and sagely "George Smiley" character. This time, this almost as superior adaptation places an on-form Gary Oldman in that role. What role? Well h ....
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