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Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011)
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Ratings: 7.2/10 from 55,557 users
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85/100
Reviews: 393 user | 377 critic | 42 from Metacritic.com In the bleak days of the Cold War, espionage veteran George Smiley is forced from semi-retirement to uncover a Soviet agent within MI6. Director:Tomas Alfredson |
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Zoltán Mucsi | ... |
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Péter Kálloy Molnár | ... |
Hungarian Waiter
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Ilona Kassai | ... |
Woman in Window
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Imre Csuja | ... |
KGB Agent
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| Toby Jones | ... | ||
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Arthur Nightingale | ... | |
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Storyline
In the early 1970s during the Cold War, the head of British Intelligence, Control, resigns after an operation in Budapest, Hungary goes badly wrong. It transpires that Control believed one of four senior figures in the service was in fact a Russian agent - a mole - and the Hungary operation was an attempt to identify which of them it was. Smiley had been forced into retirement by the departure of Control, but is asked by a senior government figure to investigate a story told to him by a rogue agent, Ricky Tarr, that there was a mole. Smiley considers that the failure of the Hungary operation and the continuing success of Operation Witchcraft (an apparent source of significant Soviet intelligence) confirms this, and takes up the task of finding him. Through the efforts of Peter Guillam, Smiley obtains information that eventually leads him to Jim Prideaux, the agent at the heart of the Hungary fiasco... Written by David Brain
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At the height of the Cold War, only a master spy could be trusted to expose one of their own. See more »Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
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Dame, König, As, Spion See more »Box Office
Budget:
£20,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend:
£2,814,860 (UK) (18 September 2011) (382 Screens)Gross:
$39,694,989 (Worldwide) (14 January 2011)Company Credits
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George Smiley: What did you think of Control's theory?
Jim Prideaux: I thought it was madness!
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John le Carré's 'Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy' novel, was based on the uncovering, during the 1950s and 60s, of the Cambridge Five traitors who were KGB moles working within the SIS. It is the first book in le Carré's Karla or Quest for Karla Trilogy, the second and third parts being 'The Honourable Schoolboy' (1977) and 'Smiley's People' (1979). See more »Goofs
Anachronisms: In the Paris scene with the white Peugeot, two silver, modern cars can be seen parked on the street just up the hill from the Peugeot. See more »Quotes
[from trailer]George Smiley: What did you think of Control's theory?
Jim Prideaux: I thought it was madness!
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