Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

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2012 | 127 min. Director: Tomas Alfredson

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Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

Synopsis

TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY is based on the John Le Carré cold war spy novel. Set in the 1970s, George Smiley, a recently retired MI6 agent, is doing his best to adjust to a life outside the secret service. However, when a disgraced agent re-appears with information concerning a mole at the heart of the Circus, Smiley is drawn back into the murky field of espionage.

Cast & Crew

Director

Tomas Alfredson
Producer

Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Robyn Slovo
Screenwriter

Bridget O’Connor, Peter Straughan
Director of photography

Hoyte Van Hoytema
Main Cast

John Hurt (Control), Mark Strong (Jim Prideaux), Tom Hardy (Ricki Tarr), Colin Firth (Bill Haydon), Benedict Cumberbatch (Peter Guillam), Toby Jones (Percy Alleline), Stephen Graham (Jerry Westerby), David Dencik (Toby Esterhase), Ciaran Hinds (Roy Bland), Simon McBurney (Oliver Lacon), Kathy Burke (Connie Sachs), Svetlana Khodenchkova (Irina), Gary Oldman (George Smiley)
Editor (Cut)

Dino Jonsater
Original Score

Alberto Iglesias
Production Design

Maria Djurkovic

Director's comment

When I first met John le Carré he was very clear about his wishes regarding the film version of his novel “Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy”: “Please don’t shoot the book or re-make the TV mini-series. They already exist. I’m not going to interfere, but you can call me any time if there is anything you wonder about.”
I think we have obeyed him to the letter. Of course, you cannot encompass every detail in a book of 349 pages at the movies. But you can take themes and strands and moments, and try to describe what you see. With TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY I think we’ve made a film about loyalty and ideals, values that are extremely relevant − perhaps mostly because they are so rare these days?

Cast & Crew

Tomas Alfredson
Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Robyn Slovo
Bridget O’Connor, Peter Straughan
Hoyte Van Hoytema
John Hurt (Control), Mark Strong (Jim Prideaux), Tom Hardy (Ricki Tarr), Colin Firth (Bill Haydon), Benedict Cumberbatch (Peter Guillam), Toby Jones (Percy Alleline), Stephen Graham (Jerry Westerby), David Dencik (Toby Esterhase), Ciaran Hinds (Roy Bland), Simon McBurney (Oliver Lacon), Kathy Burke (Connie Sachs), Svetlana Khodenchkova (Irina), Gary Oldman (George Smiley)
Dino Jonsater
Alberto Iglesias
Maria Djurkovic

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