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Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011)

15 127 min  -  Drama | Mystery | Thriller  -   6 January 2012 (USA)
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Ratings: 7.2/10 from 56,728 users   Metascore: 85/100 
Reviews: 392 user | 378 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

Writers:

Bridget O'Connor (screenplay), Peter Straughan (screenplay), and 1 more credit »
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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Mark Strong ...
John Hurt ...
Zoltán Mucsi Zoltán Mucsi ...
Magyar
Péter Kálloy Molnár Péter Kálloy Molnár ...
Hungarian Waiter
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KGB Agent
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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  

Plot Summary | Plot Synopsis

Plot Keywords:

Hungary | Mole | Intelligence | Spy | Cold War  | See more »

Taglines:

How do you find an enemy who is hidden right before your eyes? See more »

Genres:

Drama | Mystery | Thriller

Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for violence, some sexuality/nudity and language See all certifications »

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Details

Country:

France | UK | Germany

Language:

English | Russian | Hungarian | French

Release Date:

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Also Known As:

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)
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Sound Mix:

Datasat  | Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1
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Trivia

Tomas Alfredson based the environment on his first impressions of London when he first visited the town in the 1970s: a brown and gray palette, shadows and uncovered light-bulbs, and dirty streets. "If you see London now and at that time, it's two different cities. Today it's a white city; then it was black,; it was so dirty, and you could still feel the War all around." See more »

Goofs

Anachronisms: During a roof shot going down the building to the road in Istanbul, 2 split type air conditioners can be clearly seen mounted on a building wall. Split air conditioners came to the Turkish market in mid'90s. See more »

Quotes

[from trailer]
Control: All I want from you is one codename: Tinker, Tailor, Soldier...
George Smiley: ...Spy.
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Connections

Featured in "Ebert Presents: At the Movies: Episode #2.19" (2011) See more »

Soundtracks

"La Mer"
Written by Charles Trenet
Performed by 'Julio Iglesias' See more »