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Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
In the bleak days of the Cold War, espionage veteran George Smiley is forced from semi-retirement to uncover a Soviet agent within MI6's echelons in this superb new adaptation of John Le Carre’s spy thriller.
Set in the 1970s, ‘Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy’ finds George Smiley (Gary Oldman), a recently retired MI6 agent, doing his best to adjust to a life outside the secret service. However, when a disgraced agent reappears with information concerning a mole at the heart of the circus, Smiley is drawn back into the murky field of espionage.
Tasked with investigating which of his trusted former colleagues has chosen to betray him and their country, Smiley narrows his search to four suspects - all experienced, urbane, successful agents - but past histories, rivalries and friendships make it far from easy to pinpoint the man who is eating away at the heart of the British establishment.
The cast includes Colin Firth, Kathy Burke, Benedict Cumberbatch, Tom Hardy, Ciarán Hinds, John Hurt, Toby Jones and Mark Strong. Destined to be one of the major releases of the year, with Alfredson directing from a script by Peter Morgan.
UK · 2011 · Tomas Alfredson · 120min
