The time is 1973. The Cold War of the mid-20th Century continues to damage international relations. Britain's Secret Intelligence Service (SIS), a.k.a. MI6 and code-named the Circus, is striving to keep pace with other countries' espionage efforts and to keep the U.K. secure. The head of the Circus, known as Control, personally sends dedicated operative Jim Prideaux into Hungary. But Jim's mission goes bloodily awry, and Control is forced out of the Circus - as is his top lieutenant, George Smiley, a career spy with razor-sharp senses.
Estranged from his absent wife Ann, Smiley is soon called in to see undersecretary Oliver Lacon; he is to be rehired in secret at the government's behest, as there is a gnawing fear that the Circus has long been compromised by a double agent, or mole, working for the Soviets and jeopardizing England. Supported by younger agent Peter Guillam, Smiley parses Circus activities past and present. In trying to track and identify the mole, Smiley is haunted by his decades-earlier interaction with the shadowy Russian spy master Karla.
The mole's trail remains cold until maverick field agent Ricki Tarr unexpectedly contacts Lacon. While undercover in Turkey, Ricki has fallen for a betrayed married woman, Irina, who claims to possess crucial intelligence. Separately, Smiley learns that Control narrowed down the list of mole suspects to five men. They are the ambitious Percy Alleline, whom he had code-named Tinker; suavely confident Bill Haydon, dubbed Tailor; stalwart Roy Bland, called Soldier; officious Toby Esterhase, dubbed Poor Man; and - Smiley himself.
Even before the startling truth is revealed, the emotional and physical tolls on the players enmeshed in the deadly international spy game will escalate...
Genres:
Adaptation and Thriller
Release Date:
December 9th, 2011
MPAA Rating:
R for violence, some sexuality/nudity and language.
Distributors:
Focus Features
Actors:
Gary Oldman as George Smiley
Colin Firth as Bill Haydon
Tom Hardy as ‘Tricky’ Ricky Tarr
John Hurt as Control
Toby Jones as Percy Alleline
Mark Strong as Jim Prideaux
Benedict Cumberbatch as Peter Guillam
Ralph Fiennes
Svetlana Khodchenkova as Irina
David Dencik as Toby Esterhase
Stephen Graham as Jerry Westerby
Ciaran Hinds as Roy Bland
Roger Lloyd Pack
Kathy Burke as Connie
David Thewlis as Percy Alleline
John LeCarré
Konstantin Khabensky as Polyakov
Simon McBurney as Oliver Lacon
Directors:
Tomas Alfredson
Writers:
Bridget O Connor
Peter Straughan
John LeCarré
Producers:
Tim Bevan
Robyn Slovo
Eric Fellner
Alexandra Ferguson
Debra Hayward
John LeCarré
Liza Chasin
Peter Morgan
Douglas Urbanski
Olivier Courson
Ron Halpern
Wolfgang Braun
Hollywood Movies Info
Estranged from his absent wife Ann, Smiley is soon called in to see undersecretary Oliver Lacon; he is to be rehired in secret at the government's behest, as there is a gnawing fear that the Circus has long been compromised by a double agent, or mole, working for the Soviets and jeopardizing England. Supported by younger agent Peter Guillam, Smiley parses Circus activities past and present. In trying to track and identify the mole, Smiley is haunted by his decades-earlier interaction with the shadowy Russian spy master Karla.
The mole's trail remains cold until maverick field agent Ricki Tarr unexpectedly contacts Lacon. While undercover in Turkey, Ricki has fallen for a betrayed married woman, Irina, who claims to possess crucial intelligence. Separately, Smiley learns that Control narrowed down the list of mole suspects to five men. They are the ambitious Percy Alleline, whom he had code-named Tinker; suavely confident Bill Haydon, dubbed Tailor; stalwart Roy Bland, called Soldier; officious Toby Esterhase, dubbed Poor Man; and - Smiley himself.
Even before the startling truth is revealed, the emotional and physical tolls on the players enmeshed in the deadly international spy game will escalate...
Genres:
Adaptation and Thriller
Release Date:
December 9th, 2011
MPAA Rating:
R for violence, some sexuality/nudity and language.
Distributors:
Focus Features
Actors:
Gary Oldman as George Smiley
Colin Firth as Bill Haydon
Tom Hardy as ‘Tricky’ Ricky Tarr
John Hurt as Control
Toby Jones as Percy Alleline
Mark Strong as Jim Prideaux
Benedict Cumberbatch as Peter Guillam
Ralph Fiennes
Svetlana Khodchenkova as Irina
David Dencik as Toby Esterhase
Stephen Graham as Jerry Westerby
Ciaran Hinds as Roy Bland
Roger Lloyd Pack
Kathy Burke as Connie
David Thewlis as Percy Alleline
John LeCarré
Konstantin Khabensky as Polyakov
Simon McBurney as Oliver Lacon
Directors:
Tomas Alfredson
Writers:
Bridget O Connor
Peter Straughan
John LeCarré
Producers:
Tim Bevan
Robyn Slovo
Eric Fellner
Alexandra Ferguson
Debra Hayward
John LeCarré
Liza Chasin
Peter Morgan
Douglas Urbanski
Olivier Courson
Ron Halpern
Wolfgang Braun
Hollywood Movies Info
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