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In the bleak days of the Cold War, espionage veteran George Smiley is forced from semi-retirement to uncover a Soviet Agent within MI6.

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Jim Prideaux
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Control
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Magyar
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Hungarian Waiter
Ilona Kassai ...
Woman in Window
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KGB Agent
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George Smiley
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Percy Alleline
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Toby Esterhase
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Roy Bland
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Bill Haydon
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Connie Sachs
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Peter Guillam
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Jerry Westerby
Arthur Nightingale ...
Bryant
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Oliver Lacon
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Ricki Tarr
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Belinda (as Amanda Fairbank Hynes)
Peter McNeil O'Connor ...
Fawn
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Mendel
Matyelok Gibbs ...
Mrs Pope Graham
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Norman (as Phillip Hill-Pearson)
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Kaspar
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Minister
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Polyakov (as Konstantin Khabensky)
Sarah Jane Wright ...
Mary Alleline (as Sarah-Jane Robinson)
Katrina Vasilieva ...
Ann Smiley
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Mrs McCraig
William Haddock ...
Bill Roach
Erksine Wylie ...
Spikeley
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Tufty Thesinger
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Boris
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Irina
Alexandra Salafranca ...
Turkish Mistress
Dennis Good ...
Ivan (as Denis Khoroshko)
Oleg Dzhabrailov ...
Sergei
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Listening Woman
Nick Hopper ...
Janitor Alwyn
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Sal
Rupert Procter ...
Guillam's Boyfriend
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Christmas Party Guest
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Karla (voice)
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Mackelvore
Jean-Claude Jay ...
French Man at Residency (as Jean Claude Jay)
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Ben
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Kay Aujla ...
Asian Lady (uncredited)
Peter Bartfay ...
Hungarian Secret Agent (uncredited) (voice)
Gursharan Chaggar ...
Asian Man (uncredited)
Rich Goble ...
Hotel Guest (uncredited)
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Spy (uncredited)
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Casino Croupier (uncredited)
Aisling Hughes ...
Student (uncredited)
Sharan Hunjan ...
Asian Lady (uncredited)
Sarah Linda ...
Miss Robinson (uncredited)
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Mechanic (uncredited)
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Mechanic (uncredited)
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Civil Servant (uncredited)
Fia Parry ...
Istanbul Nightclub Dancer (uncredited)
Edward Sampson ...
Russian Spy Catcher (uncredited)
Nick Shaw ...
Civil Servant (uncredited)
Shaun Troke ...
Pub Customer (uncredited)
Eva Von Mitzka ...
MI5 Spy (uncredited)
Harvey Walsh ...
Schoolboy (uncredited)
Gilbert White ...
Russian Prison Guard (uncredited)

Directed by

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Tomas Alfredson ... (directed by)

Written by

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John le Carré ... (based on the novel by)
 
Bridget O'Connor ... (screenplay by) &
Peter Straughan ... (screenplay by)

Produced by

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Tim Bevan ... producer (produced by)
Wolfgang Braun ... co-executive producer: for Kinowelt
Liza Chasin ... executive producer
Olivier Courson ... executive producer
Alexandra Derbyshire ... co-producer (as Alexandra Ferguson)
Eric Fellner ... producer (produced by)
Ron Halpern ... executive producer
Debra Hayward ... executive producer
Éric Heumann ... co-executive producer: for Paradis (as Eric Heumann)
John le Carré ... executive producer
Peter Morgan ... executive producer
Artist W. Robinson ... line producer: Budapest (as Artist Robinson)
Robyn Slovo ... producer (produced by)
Alex Sutherland ... line producer: Istanbul
Douglas Urbanski ... executive producer

Music by

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Alberto Iglesias ... (music by)

Cinematography by

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Hoyte Van Hoytema ... director of photography

Editing by

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Dino Jonsäter

Editorial Department

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Jill Bilcock ... additional editor / consultant editor
Hans Crispin ... digital media: Chimney Pot
Peter Helsing ... encoding technician: Chimney Pot
Mats Holmgren ... color grader: Chimney Pot
Jonas Jangvad ... technical coordinator: Chimney Pot
Mariana Kasses ... 4k scanner: Chimney Pot
Cattis Legelius ... digital media coordinator: Chimney Pot
Christer Lundgren ... analog color grader: Chimney Pot
Emma McCleave ... additional assistant editor
Anneli Oscarsson ... post-production producer: Chimney Pot
Sofie Palage ... post-production coordinator: Chimney Pot
Jonas Petersson ... 4k scanner: Chimney Pot
Cheryl Potter ... additional assistant editor
Emil Soderman ... 4k scanner: Chimney Pot
Bosse Svensson ... in-house producer: Chimney Pot
Asa Söderberg ... in-house producer: Chimney Pot
Mark Trend ... first assistant editor
Josefine Truedsson ... 4k scanner: Chimney Pot / additional assistant editor
Fredrik Zander ... post-production executive producer: Chimney Pot
Tamás Albert ... post production engineer (uncredited)
Dan Dolan ... film recording (uncredited)
Simona Harrison ... colorist: dailies (uncredited)
Mathieu Reid ... color timer (uncredited)

Casting By

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Jina Jay ... (casting by)

Production Design by

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Maria Djurkovic

Art Direction by

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Tom Brown ... supervising art director
Pilar Foy
Mark Raggett ... supervising art director

Set Decoration by

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Tatiana Macdonald ... (as Tatiana MacDonald)
Zsuzsa Mihalek ... set decorator: Hungary

Costume Design by

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Jacqueline Durran

Makeup Department

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Ildikó Aradi ... hair stylist: Budapest
Felicity Bowring ... hair designer / makeup designer
Erdinc Celik ... makeup artist: Istanbul (as Erdinç Celik)
Noémi Czakó ... makeup artist: Budapest
Sahin Gul ... hair stylist: Istanbul (as Sahin Gül)
Hildegard Haide ... key makeup artist: Budapest (as Haide Hildegard)
Ernella Hortobágyi ... makeup artist: Budapest
Hatice Hülen ... makeup artist: Istanbul (as Hatice Gülen)
Ebru Kiziltan ... key makeup artist: Istanbul
Ildikó Makk ... additional hair stylist: Budapest / additional makeup artist: Budapet
Donald McInnes ... key hair stylist / key makeup artist
Jutta Russell ... hair stylist: second unit / makeup artist: second unit
Perihan Sarak ... makeup artist: Istanbul
Erzsébet Simanek ... additional hair stylist: Budapst / additional makeup artist: Budapest
Csaba Szever ... hair stylist: Budapest
Klári Szinek ... key hair stylist: Budapest
Sue Wyburgh ... hair supervisor: background / makeup supervisor: background
Wakana Yoshihara ... additional hair stylist / additional makeup artist
Lizzi Lawson Zeiss ... key makeup artist: Budapest
Saynab Awaleh ... additional hair stylist/make up artist (uncredited)
Konnie Daniel ... makeup and hair artist: dailies (uncredited)
Darlene Forrester ... make up & hair artist: daily (uncredited)
Alison Hanken ... makeup artist: daily (uncredited)
Tara McDonald ... makeup and hair artist: daily (uncredited)
Lisa Mustafa ... crowd makeup and hair (uncredited)
Sharon O'Brien ... makeup and hair artist: dailies (uncredited)
Luca Saccuman ... makeup and hair artist: dailies (uncredited)
Sarah Weatherburn ... facial hair maker (uncredited)
Sophia Weston ... makeup and hair artist: dailies (uncredited)

Production Management

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Sirvan Avci ... production supervisor
Joshua Benedetti ... unit manager
Berk Bengu ... production manager: Istanbul (as Berk Bengü)
Tania Blunden ... post-production supervisor
Kate Fasulo ... production supervisor: Working Title
Deborah Harding ... post-production supervisor
Zeynep Santiroglu ... production manager: Istanbul, AZ Films
György Sánta ... production manager: Budapest
Tim Wellspring ... unit production manager
Michelle Wright ... executive in charge of production: Working Title
Maguy R. Cohen ... assistant production manager (uncredited)
Sasha Harris ... unit production manager: additional photography (uncredited)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Yagiz Alp Akaydin ... first assistant director: Istanbul (as Yagiz Akaydin)
Réka Belsô ... key second second assistant director: Budapest
Zoltán Bonta ... first assistant director: Budapest
James Chambers ... third assistant director: second unit
Laura de Selincourt ... crowd second assistant director (as Laura De Selincourt)
Sara Merih Ertas ... second assistant director: Istanbul (as Merih Ertas)
Mark Hopkins ... second assistant director
Miklos Keleti ... third assistant director: Budapest (as Miklós Keleti)
Réka Kovács ... second second assistant director: Budapest
Zoe Liang ... co-second assistant director
Mikael Marcimain ... second unit director
Andrew McEwan ... first assistant director: second unit
Paul Mindel ... second assistant director: second unit
Burak Müjdeci ... third assistant director: Istanbul
Alex Oakley ... first assistant director (as Alexander Oakley)
Réka Szabó ... second assistant director: Budapest
Robert Karn ... assistant director (uncredited)
Laurie Mahon ... trainee assistant director (uncredited)
Tracey Warren ... second assistant director: second unit (uncredited)

Art Department

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Charlotte Alfredson ... assistant set decorator (as Charlotte Oberg)
John Allen ... carpenter
Gary Avis ... carpenter
Aykut Ayaztuna ... set painter: istanbul
Dilek Aydin ... assistant production buyer: Istanbul
Jille Azis ... set decorator: Istanbul
Mark Bailey ... standby stagehand
István Balogh ... set dec buyer: Budapest
Max Berman ... sketch-up artist
Sarah Bicknell ... stand-by art director (as Sarah Stuart)
Sándor Bognár ... stand-by construction: Budapest
Dan Bryant ... dressing propman
Jay Butcher ... standby carpenter
Tevfik Celebi ... prop hand: Istanbul
Adam Chard ... painter
David Chisholm ... property storeman
Frank Collins ... apprentice carpenter
Árpád Csibi ... carpenter: Budapest
Pál Csicsman ... dressing propman: Budapest
Chris Cull ... property master
Tommy Davis ... carpenter
Laszlo Demeter ... stand-by art director: Budapest (as László Demeter)
Murat Demirtas ... props strike: Istanbul
Gary Dempsey ... standby painter
Jonathan Downing ... standby propman
Rob Dyson ... chargehand painter
Bence Erdelyi ... assistant art director: Budapest (as Bence Erdélyi)
Ayberk Dorukhan Erdogdu ... art department coordinator: Istanbul (as Dorukhan Erdogdu)
Tunc Erguden ... property master: Istanbul
Jed Evans ... property trainee
Gill Farr ... production buyer
Krisztián Forgon ... set dresser: Budapest
Bruce Gallup ... hod painter
András Gaál ... assistant stand-by props: Budapest
Louis Glickman ... additional prophand
Darren Goodwin ... carpenter
Gavin Gordon ... HOD carpenter
Tibor Gálik ... hod painter: Budapest
Yunus Harani ... art department runner: istanbul
Mitchell Haylock ... carpenter
Clint Hellyer ... carpenter
Gyula Herjeczki ... construction manager: Budapest (as Gyula Herjecky)
Máté Herjeczki ... assistant construction manager: Budapest (as Máté Herjeczky)
Felicity Hickson ... graphic artist
Clare Holland ... scenic painter
Özden Hürdogan ... graphic designer: istanbul
Erkan Inanc ... props strike: Istanbul
Ekin Izat ... production buyer: istanbul
Magnus Jonason ... storyboard artist
Erkan Karahan ... set painter: Istanbul
Julianna Kasza ... graphic artist / graphic designer: Budapest
Guliz Kaymaksüt ... assistant art director: Istanbul
Mihály Kenesei ... carpenter: Budapest
Zsuzsa Kismarty-Lechner ... art director: Budapest (as Zsuzsa Kismarty Lechner)
Deniz Göktürk Kobanbay ... art director: Istanbul (as Deniz Göktürk)
Gábor Kovács ... workshop manager: Budapest
Ali Kursun ... prop hand: Itanbul
Emrah Kurucu ... prop hand: Istanbul
Kevin Lloyd ... stagehand
Ben Lobb ... supervising painter
Emily Lutyens ... production buyer: Paris
Dimitris Lyritzis ... additional prophand
Rob MacPherson ... additional prophand
Danny Margetts ... stand-by carpenter: second unit
Duncan McNeil ... carpenter (as Duncan McNeill)
Adolf Mezei ... carpenter: Budapest
Zoltán Mihalec ... hod painter: Budapest
Zsuzsa Mihalek ... set decorator: Budapest
László Mraz ... stand-by construction: Budapest
John O'Connor ... construction manager
Joseph O'Connor ... apprentice carpenter
Kerry O'Connor ... painter
David Packard ... scenic painter
Martin Payne ... supervising carpenter
Nick Pearce ... painter
Sophie Phillips ... assistant set decorator
Simon Price ... additional prophand
Daren Reynolds ... chargehand standby propman (as Darren Reynolds)
Simon Riley ... prop hand
Tom Roberts ... additional prophand
James M. Spencer ... art department assistant (as James Spencer)
Rob Stapleton ... painter
Jeff Sullivan ... painter
Tamás Szabó ... hod carpenter: Budapest
Zoltán Szabó ... assistant set decorator: Budapest
Dávid Szekeres ... dressing propman: Budapest
Sandra Szpytko ... graphics assistant (as Sandra Maria Szpytko)
Ian Tansey ... painters laborer
Danny Thomas ... stand-by carpenter: second unit
Béla Tollay ... property master: Budapest
Béla Zsolt Tóth ... dressing propman: Budapest
Adam Unsworth ... additional prophand
Tuna Urgancioglu ... property department translator
Emma Vane ... additional assistant art director / assistant art director
Lloyd Vincent ... additional prophand
Graham Ward ... stand-by propman: second unit
James Wickison ... painter
Carl Wildman ... painter (as Carl Wildeman)
Mark Williamson ... chargehand carpenter
Alan Wilson ... supervising stagehand
Billy Wilson ... property chargehand
Dean Coldham ... set plasterer (uncredited)
Deano Harry Coldham ... apprentice plasterer (uncredited)
Jonathan Hurst ... dressing prop/standby prop (uncredited)
Simon Marsay ... art department assistant (uncredited)
Craig Narramore ... propshop supervisor (uncredited)
Gabriel Schucan ... storyboard artist (uncredited)
Anthony Szuch ... drapes master (uncredited)
Luisa Uribe ... graphics assistant (uncredited)
Ian Whiteford ... greensman (uncredited)
Carl Wilson ... senior propmaker (uncredited)
Greg Winter ... scenic artist (uncredited)

Sound Department

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Mark Appleby ... adr mixer
Howard Bargroff ... re-recording mixer
Orin Beaton ... boom operator: second unit
Andy Botham ... sound engineer
John Casali ... production sound mixer
Doug Cooper ... re-recording mixer
Suzanne Facenfield ... sound scheduling manager
Stephen Griffiths ... supervising sound editor
Márton Kristóf ... cableman: Budapest
Richard Lovell ... sound mix assistant
Alan MacFeely ... sound assistant
Joe Maher ... sound engineer
Markus Moll ... sound mix technician
Chris Murphy ... boom operator
György Rajna ... boom operator: Budapest
Andy Shelley ... supervising sound editor
Barnaby Smyth ... foley supervisor (as Barnaby Smythe)
Tim White ... sound mixer: second unit
Simon Diggins ... adr recordist (uncredited)
Henry Dyer ... boom operator: additional photography (uncredited)
Nick Foley ... adr mixer (uncredited)
Adam Horley ... adr recordist (uncredited)
Robert Karlsson ... dolby sound consultant (uncredited)
Patricia Milanesi ... sound (uncredited)
Keith Partridge ... foley engineer (uncredited)
Julien Pirrie ... foley assistant (uncredited)
John Rodda ... sound mixer (uncredited)
Steve Schwartzberg ... adr recordist (uncredited)
Andy Stallabrass ... adr mixer (uncredited)
Tolga Yelekci ... sound assistant: Istanbul (uncredited)

Special Effects by

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Béla Buzgó ... stand-by special effects technician: Budapest
Dean Ford ... senior special effects technician
Attila Góczán ... standby special effects technician: Budapest
Lee Hales ... senior special effects technician
Mark Holt ... special effects supervisor
Gábor Kiszelly ... special effects supervisor: Budapest
Gyula Krasnyánszky ... pyrotechnic effects supervisor: Budapest
Mark Pears ... special effects trainee
Attila Sarkadi ... special effects prep technician: Budapest
Andrasne Skornyak ... special effects prep technician: Budapest (as András Skornyák)
Tibor Skornyak ... special effects prep technician: Budapest (as Tibor Skornyák)
Attila Varsányi ... standby special effects technician: Budapest
Paul Clark ... special effects technician (uncredited)
Csaba László Eröss ... special effects coordinator (uncredited)
David Holt ... special effects technician (uncredited)
Dickon Mitchell ... special effects senior technician (uncredited)

Visual Effects by

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Jörundur Rafn Arnarson ... 2d artist: Framestore (as Jörundur Arnarson) / compositor (as Jörundur Arnarson)
Valdimar Baldvinsson ... cg artist: Framestore
Matthias Bjarnason ... cg artist: Framestore
Olle Black ... 2d artist: Chimney Pot (as Olle Petersson)
Henry Bush ... data pipeline editorial support: Framestore
Chris Cooper ... cg artist: Framestore
Aimee Dadswell ... visual effects producer: Framestore
Clym Dodds ... data pipeline editorial support: Framestore
Oz Dolphin ... cg artist: Framestore
T.O.M. Hand ... data pipeline editorial support: Framestore (as Tom Hand)
Jonathan Harris ... composite stills photographer
Sara Hilmarsdóttir ... 2d artist: Framestore
Aron Hjartarson ... cg supervisor: Framestore
Paul Ingram ... cg artist: Framestore
Gareth Jones ... 2d artist: Framestore
Christian Kaestner ... 2d artist: Framestore / on-set visual effects supervisor: Framestore
Andreas Bravin Karlsson ... 2d artist: Chimney Pot (as Andreas Karlsson)
Nick King ... visual effects producer: Framestore
Axel Klostermann ... 2d artist: Chimney Pot
Oskar Larsson ... 2d artist: Chimney Pot
Jorel Latraille ... cg modeller: Framestore
Helgi Laxdal ... 2d artist: Framestore
Henrik Linnet ... 2d artist: Framestore
Peter Marin ... 2d artist: Framestore
Joseph McLamb ... 2d artist: Framestore
Fredrik Nord ... visual effects supervisor: Chimney Pot
Ruslan Ogorodnik ... 3d artist: Chimney Pot
Sam Osborne ... 2d artist: Framestore
Alex Payman ... 2d artist: Framestore
Sirio Quintavalle ... visual effects supervisor: Framestore
Sam Remfry ... cg artist: Framestore
Martin Stegmayer ... 2d artist: Framestore
Emma Stenborg ... visual effects manager: Chimney Pot
Mirek Suchomel ... 2d artist: Framestore
Sara Trezzi ... visual effects producer: Framestore
Graham Wood ... cg artist: Framestore
Christian Zeh ... 2d artist: Framestore (as Chris Zeh)
Max Berman ... previs artist (uncredited)
Zachary Bloom ... scanning and recording: Framestore (uncredited)
Pete Capelluto ... head of pipeline (uncredited)
Michael Christophersson ... paint/roto artist: Framestore (uncredited)
Dadi Einarsson ... visual effects supervisor: Framestore Reykjavik (uncredited)
Sigurður Eyþórsson ... visual effects editorial (uncredited)
Matt Fox ... head of production: Framestore (uncredited)
Rui Gomes ... systems administrator: Framestore (uncredited)
Frederic Heymans ... visual effects artist (uncredited)
Victoria Hodson ... matchmove artist (uncredited)
Jason Horley ... concept artist: Framestore (uncredited)
Mikael Jaeger Jensen ... reference photographer (uncredited)
Christophe Meslin ... head of systems (uncredited)
Guo Kun Pan ... render support: framestore (uncredited)
Adam Parker ... prep artist: Framestore (uncredited)
Lee Chan Popo ... prep artist (uncredited)
Aatesh Shah ... systems engineer: Framestore (uncredited)
Simon Hjalti Sverrisson ... cg modeler: Framestore (uncredited)
Ivan Tiunov ... matchmove artist (uncredited) / render support (uncredited)

Stunts

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Andy Bennett ... stunt coordinator
Nellie Burroughes ... stunt performer
Tony Christian ... stunt performer
Péter Katona ... stunt performer: Budapest
Oliver Sinclair ... stunt actor / stunt driver
Béla Unger ... stunt coordinator: Budapest
Nellie Burroughes ... stunt double: Svetlana Khodchenkova (uncredited)
Béla Kasi ... assistant stunt coordinator (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department

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Caner Aksoy ... assistant grip: Istanbul
Mustafa Arslan ... assistant grip: Istanbul
Adnan Aydin ... grip: Istanbul
Lee Baker ... additional electrician
Lawrence Carter ... stand-by rigger
Dominique Cheung ... camera trainee: second unit
David Churchyard ... clapper loader: second unit (as a different name)
Pat Crawford ... electrician: second unit
Ernõ Demeter ... electrician: Budapest
Durmus Demirezen ... key lighting: Istanbul
Ozan Derya ... electrician: Istanbul
Umut Ekinci ... assistant grip: Istanbul
Jack English ... still photographer: unit and special
Mustafa Esin ... electrician: Istanbul
Dave Everall ... rigger
Jallo Faber ... director of photography: second unit
István Faragó ... electrician: Budapest
Dániel Farkas ... video assist operator: Budapest
Brendan Fitzgerald ... rigger
Dean Foard ... additional electrician
Jack Foran ... assistant grip
Ian Shane Fossett ... practical electrician
Dave Glossop ... rigger
Ron Brinley Green ... additional electrician
Matthew Hall ... practical electrician
Robert Hamilton ... video playback operator (as Rob Hamilton)
David Harrison ... hod rigger
Attila Hevesi ... electrician: Budapest
Gábor Hevesi ... gaffer: Budapest
Andy Hopkins ... additional key grip
Darren Howton ... practical electrician
Simon Hume ... focus puller: "a" camera
Zoltán Jánossa ... clapper loader: Budapest
Arif Kanber ... electrician: Istanbul
Hakan Kaya ... electrician: Istanbul
Halil Kazar ... electrician: Istanbul
Nick Kenealy ... video playback operator: second unit
János Kiss ... key grip: Budapest
Sam Kite ... electrician: second unit
Attila Kolozs ... grip: Budapest
Alex Kuchera ... grip trainee: Budapest / grip: Budapest unit
Alex Lockett ... stills grader
David Mackie ... clapper loader: "a" camera
Alan Martin ... gaffer
Lee Martin ... best boy
Darren Montague ... additional electrician
Terence Montague ... electrician (as Terry Montague)
Dave Moore ... chargehand electrician
Gary Moore ... additional electrician
Simon Muir ... grip: second unit
István Ménkü ... electrician: Budapest
James Nesbitt ... electrician
Dean Norgate ... rigger
Eamonn O'Keeffe ... focus puller: second unit
Sezgin Oltulu ... assistant grip: Istanbul
Hasan Ormanlar ... key grip: Istanbul
Mehmet Parlak ... electrician: Istanbul
Richard Potter ... electrician: second unit
Péter Pozsonyi ... best boy grip: Budapest
David Price ... standby rigger: second unit (as Dave Price)
Larry S. Prinz ... gaffer: second unit (as Larry Prinz)
Terry Robb ... additional electrician
Emre Selcik ... grip
Caner Sen ... focus puller: Istanbul
Paul Sharp ... generator operator
Lewis Smith ... rigger
Damian Smyth ... electrician: second unit
Ross Sterling ... special photography assistant
Colin Strachan ... grip: "a" camera
Ferenc Szalontai ... grip trainee: Budapest
Gabor Szucs ... grip: Budapest (as Gábor Szücs)
Peter Taylor ... camera operator: "b" camera
Nick C. Teulon ... assistant grip (as Nick Teulon)
Carsten Thoms ... balloon technician
Simon Thorpe ... additional grip
Feramuz Tuna ... electrician: Istanbul
István Törzsök ... electrician: Budapest
István Török ... dolly grip: Budapest
János Varga ... electrician: Budapest
György Vesztergombi ... focus puller: Budapest
Aziz Oguz Vural ... electrician: Istanbul (as Aziz Ohuz Vural)
Ali Salim Yasar ... key lighting: Istanbul
Alexander Youssef ... camera trainee
Viktor Zsámbék ... best boy: Budapest
Rene Adefarasin ... first assistant camera (uncredited)
Flip Bleekrode ... flighthead technician (uncredited)
Joe Buxton ... libra technician (uncredited)
Wailoon Chung ... additional electrician (uncredited)
Chris Clarke ... additional second assistant camera (uncredited)
Sebastian Cort ... camera trainee (uncredited)
Anthony Dias ... electrician: dailies (uncredited)
Tobias Marshall ... second assistant camera (uncredited)
Jason Martin ... additional photography gaffer (uncredited)
Seán McDermott ... camera trainee: dailies (uncredited)
Danny McGee ... practical electrician (uncredited)
Marek Radolf ... balloon operator (uncredited)
Damian Smyth ... lighting technician (uncredited)
Tobias Sullivan ... second assistant camera (uncredited)
Neil Tomlin ... crane technician: dailies (uncredited)

Casting Department

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Abigail Barbier ... adr voice casting
Dixie Chassay ... casting director: children
Alex Duxbury ... casting assistant
Louis Elman ... adr voice casting
Nick Foley ... adr voice casting
Jessie Frost ... casting assistant
Alena Garetovskaya ... casting director: Russia
Eszter Izso ... casting director: Hungary (as Eszter Izsó)
Beáta Izsó ... casting assistant: Budapest
Katy Lake ... casting assistant: children
Zsolt Ferenc Maier ... extras casting assistant: Budapest (as Zsolt Maier)
Veronika Varjasi ... extras casting assistant: Budapest (as Vera Varjasi)
László Verboó ... casting assistant: Budapest
Péter Mondok ... casting assistant: and coordinator (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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Jill Avery ... costume assistant: second unit
Zelal Can ... costume assistant: Istanbul
Bartholomew Cariss ... additional costume assistant (as Bart Cariss)
Rosaria Coppola ... seamstress
Andrea Cripps ... assistant costume designer
Safa Demirkan ... costume assistant: Istanbul
Dan Grace ... costume supervisor
Jamie Harvey ... additional costume assistant
Gábor Homonnay ... costume supervisor: Budapest
Zsanett Homonnay ... assistant costume supervisor: Budapest
Ezgi Inal ... costume assistant: Istanbul
Sinéad Kidao ... additional costume assistant (as Sinéad O'Sullivan)
Edith Kähler ... second assistant costume designer
Nadine Powell ... additional costume assistant
Mária Raffai ... seamstress: Budapest
Klári Riesz ... key set costumer: Budapest
Nicholas Roche-Gordon ... key set costumer (as Nick Roche Gordon)
Hilal Sezer ... assistant costume designer: Istanbul
Adrian Simmons ... costume assistant: second unit
Beril Sinan ... costume assistant: Istanbul
Guy Speranza ... additional costume assistant
Zoltán Trubel ... costume assistant: Budapest
Katalin Ujvari ... key set costumer: Budapest (as Katalin Üjvári)
Gyula Zámbó ... costume assistant: Budapest
Edwina Sercombe ... costume assistant: daily (uncredited)

Location Management

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Cem Chaban ... location manager
Lynsey Cosford ... assistant location manager
Damon Crane ... location scout
Jeremy DeCoursey ... location marshall
Marco Giacalone ... location manager: Budapest
Chris Johnston ... location marshall (as Christopher Johnston)
Balint Kovacs ... location manager: Budapest (as Bálint Kovács)
Bence Kovacs ... assistant location manager: Budapest (as Bence Kovács)
Steve Mortimore ... location manager
Adriene Whitwell ... location marshall
Charlotte Wright ... additional location manager
Chaban Yusuf ... location manager: Istanbul (as Yusuf Chaban)
Joshua Benedetti ... location scout (uncredited)
Rebecca Davis ... location scout (uncredited)
Chris Hankey ... location marshall (uncredited)
Jamie Lengyel ... location manager: additional photography (uncredited)
Doron Levi ... Location security (uncredited)
Stephen Parker ... location assistant (uncredited)
Julia Tomlinson ... location scout: dailies (uncredited)

Music Department

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Nick Angel ... music supervisor
Chris Barrett ... assistant engineer (as Chris Barret)
James Bellamy ... music editor
Jo Buckley ... assistant orchestra contractor
Nicholas Bucknall ... musician: clarinet
Javier Casado Sudupe ... musician: piano / score producer
Victor Castillo ... technical assistant
David Cerrejón ... assistant to composer / music librarian
José Luis Crespo ... music mastering (as Jose Luis Crespo) / score recording & mixing (as Jose Luis Crespo)
Andrew Crowley ... musician: trumpet (as Andy Crowley)
Fiona Cruickshank ... assistant engineer
Ana Eusa ... music executive producer
Daniel Goldstein ... technical assistant
Isobel Griffiths ... orchestra contractor
Alberto Iglesias ... conductor / score producer
Kirsten Lane ... music consultant: Right Music
Javier Martín ... music executive producer
Everton Nelson ... orchestra leader
Michael Price ... music arranger: "Salut D'Amour" / music producer: "Salut D'Amour"
Vicki Williams ... music coordinator
Mark Berrow ... musician: violin (uncredited)
Rachel Bolt ... musician: viola (uncredited)
Clare Finnimore ... musician: viola (uncredited)
Skaila Kanga ... musician: harp (uncredited)
Roger Linley ... musician: double bass (uncredited)
Steve Mair ... musician: double bass (uncredited)
Dave Jewerén Moore ... additional music recording engineer (uncredited)
Tom Pigott Smith ... musician: violin (uncredited)
Mike Reed ... musician: drums - Salut D'Amour (uncredited)
Jonathan Snowden ... musician: flute (uncredited)
Allen Walley ... musician: double bass (uncredited)
Bruce White ... musician: viola (uncredited)
Warren Zielinski ... musician: violin (uncredited)

Script and Continuity Department

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Libbie Barr ... script supervisor
Edward Simmons ... script supervisor: second unit

Transportation Department

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Mark Beeton ... unit driver
Sue Beeton ... unit driver
Dave Brannigan ... driver: grip truck
Barry Cholerton ... driver: standby property
Louise Cornwell ... driver: rushes (as Louise Beeton)
Fergus Cotter ... unit driver
Martin Dixon ... driver: facilities
Jeff Edwards ... facilities captain
Paul Gatley ... unit driver
Huseyin Ibis ... unit driver: Istanbul
Bilge Sabri Isil ... transportation manager: Istanbul (as Bilge Dabri Isil)
Márton Ivanov ... transportation captain: Budapest
Alan Jones ... driver: costume truck
Martin Lewis ... driver: camera car
Phil Matthews ... driver: facilities
Richard Ong ... driver: facilities
Ibrahim Saritas ... unit driver: art department, Istanbul
Zsolt Somogyi ... transportation coordinator: Budapest
Ivá Sági ... picture vehicle coordinator: Budapest
Barrie Williams ... transportation coordinator
Martin Alderdice ... picture car coordinator (uncredited)
Declan Lambert ... hgv driver (uncredited)

Additional Crew

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Tom Ackerley ... crowd runner
Christina Angeloudes ... legal and business affairs manager: Working Title
Pinar Isbilen Atik ... production accountant: Istanbul
Serdar Atik ... production accountant: Istanbul
Brian Ayers ... security guard
Pip Ayers ... epk producer
Emma Bacon ... rushes contact
Dóra Banfalvi ... assistant production coordinator: Budapest (as Dóra Bánfalvi)
Katalin Baranyi ... production coordinator: Budapest
Chris Barnet ... catering assistant
Steven Barnet ... catering manager
Gail Behrmann ... archive researcher
Csaba Benedek ... hod security: Budapest
Andrea Bernát ... unit paramedic: Budapest
Carles Berot ... trailer and versions producer: advertising and promotions
Chris Besseling ... uk senior marketing manager for Studiocanal
Cengiz Bora ... production runner: Istanbul
Neil Calder ... completion bond: Film Finances
Cem Chaban ... production assistant: Istanbul
Hannah Collett ... production coordinator
Craig Cook ... security guard
Jessica Cornwall ... production runner (as Jessica Cornwell)
Daniel Cox ... stand-in
Gábor Doffek ... head chef: Budapest
Chloe Dorigan ... assistant: Tim Bevan, Working Title (as Chloé Dorigan)
Joe Downs ... assistant accountant
Jon Duncan ... production accountant
Timothy Easthill ... finance director: Working Title (as Tim Easthill)
Daniel Edwards ... catering assistant
Ipek Erden ... assistant production coordinator: Istanbul
Henry Evans ... additional runner
Gerry Farrell ... security guard
Emily Forbes ... floor runner
Ferenc Fornosi ... catering assistant: Budapest
Béla Gajdos ... armorer: Budapest
Amelia Granger ... development executive: Working Title
Gábor Grünwald ... catering assistant: Budapest
Norbert Gulyas ... security coordinator: Budapest (as Norbert Gulyás)
Dogukan Hazar Gurbac ... production runner: Istanbul
Gábor Gózan ... catering assistant: Budapest
Jonathan Harris ... assistant: Tomas Alfredson
Nicholas Hatton ... production assistant: Working Title
Nigel Horn ... rushes management
Jonathan Houston ... assistant production coordinator
Dávid Hózer ... catering assistant: Budapest
Rachel Kennedy ... unit publicist
Rachel King ... unit and construction nurse
Larissa Kouznetsova ... interpreter: Russian
Efe Koç ... floor runner: Istanbul (as Efe Koc)
Ffion Kunz ... floor runner: second unit
Björn Kusoffsky ... title designer: Stockholm Design Lab
Paul Kühlhorn ... end roller: Fellow Designers
Cameron Lawther ... crowd runner: second unit
Clem Leneghan ... health and safety advisor
Doren Levi ... security guard
Laurie Mahon ... stand-in
Tony May ... hod security
Jill McCullough ... dialect coach: Toby Jones
Mitchell Mcgee ... security guard (as Mitch McGee)
Martin McGlone ... rushes management
Gráinne Mckenna ... president of legal and business affairs: Working Title
Josey McNamara ... floor runner
Patrick Viktor Monroe ... personal assistant: Tom Hardy (as Patrick Monroe)
Angela Morrison ... chief operating officer: Working Title
Ayse Muge ... brand clearances (Turkey) (as Maggie Bakir)
Paul Murphy ... first assistant accountant
András Márton ... catering assistant: Budapest
Ágnes Nagy ... production accountant: Budapest
Kevin O'Shea ... insurance: AON/Albert G. Ruben
Alfie Oldman ... additional runner
Onder Ozkan ... production runner: Istanbul
János Papp ... health & safety advisor: Budapest
Davina Pem ... assistant accountant
Peter Placey ... security guard
Katherine Pomfret ... assistant: Eric Fellner, Working Title
Gergely Päl ... production runner: Budapest
Raymond Reader ... chef (as Raymond 'Rozza' Reader)
András Rochy ... catering assistant: Budapest
Saygin Saral ... production assistant: Istanbul
Ece Savari ... production assistant: Istanbul
Senay Sayita ... production assistant: Istanbul
Gábor Schiller ... head chef: Budapest
Bugra Sen ... production assistant: Istanbul
Sheeraz Shah ... head of legal and business affairs: Working Title
Jack Sidey ... production coordinator: Working Title
Cassandra Sigsgaard ... product placement and clearance coordinator
Cassandra Sigsgaard ... product placement and clearances coordinator
Edward Simmons ... assistant: Robyn Slovo
Andrew Soane ... catering assistant
Emine Soydanyavas ... production coordinator: Istanbul
Harriet Spencer ... development coordinator: Working Title
Peter Spittle ... rushes contact
Helen Swanwick-Thorpe ... production secretary (as Helen Swanwick)
Adam Sylvest ... security guard
Ricsi Szarbó ... unit base coordinator: Budapest (as Ricsi Szabó)
Alex Taylor ... production runner
Can Tumerk ... production runner: Istanbul
Erkin Urer ... hod security: Istanbul
Sarah Jane Wright ... production executive: Working Title (as Sarah-Jane Robinson)
Gábor Xantus ... unit doctor: Budapest (as Dr. Gábor Xantus)
Carles Berot ... dubbing supervisor (uncredited)
Marion Comengre ... assistant to executive producers: Studiocanal (uncredited)
Adrianna Nielle Davies ... set runner: dailies (uncredited)
Rosanna Eden-Ellis ... Production and Development Intern: for working title films (uncredited)
Karen Fried ... publicist (uncredited)
Shyama Friedenson ... marketing: Studiocanal (uncredited)
Tilly Gerrard-Bannister ... set runner: additional photography (uncredited)
Alice Gledhill Hall ... press: international (uncredited)
John Hasler ... adr loop group (uncredited)
Evan Hayes ... production executive: Working Title (uncredited)
Elizabeth Himelstein ... dialect coach: Gary Oldman (uncredited)
Ruth Hodgson ... completion guarantor (uncredited)
Richard Hooper ... key armourer (uncredited)
Dan MacRae ... head of development: UK, Studiocanal (uncredited)
Christophe Maratier ... armorer (uncredited)
Dana O'Keefe ... Adviser to Tomas Alfredson (uncredited)
Thomas Pook ... floor runner: additional photography (uncredited)
János Prihoda ... immigration coordinator (uncredited)
Tom Reynolds ... floor runner: dailies (uncredited)
Gary Richens ... crowd production assistant (uncredited)
Kirsty Robinson-Ward ... assistant to Angela Morrison (uncredited)
Emma Sturgis ... production assistant (uncredited)
John William Turner ... floor runner: dailies (uncredited)
Victoria Zalin ... production secretary: additional photography (uncredited)

Thanks

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Jane Cornwell ... special thanks
Diran Meghreblian ... with thanks to
Bridget O'Connor ... dedicatee
Marc Olla ... thanks
Paul Smith ... special thanks: for creative collaboration (as Sir Paul Smith)
Josh Wood ... additional thanks

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Storyline

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Plot Summary

In the early 1970s during the Cold War, the head of British Intelligence, Control (Sir John Hurt), 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 one it was. George Smiley (Gary Oldman) had been forced into retirement by Control's departure, but is asked by a senior government figure to investigate a story told to him by rogue Agent Ricky Tarr (Tom Hardy), 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. Written by David Brain

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Taglines How do you find an enemy who is hidden right before your eyes? See more »
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Also Known As
  • La taupe (France)
  • Dame König As Spion (Germany)
  • Dame, König, As, Spion (Germany)
  • El talp (Spain, Catalan title)
  • El topo (Spain)
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  • 127 min
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Box Office

Budget GBP20,000,000 (estimated)
Opening Weekend United Kingdom GBP2,814,860, 18 Sep 2011
Cumulative Worldwide Gross $80,630,608, 22 Mar 2012

Did You Know?

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Trivia Gary Oldman went to Old Focals, an eyeglass store in Pasadena, California, to search for the right glasses to fit George Smiley: "Glasses are funny things. For Smiley, they're iconic. It's like Bond's Aston Martin or vodka martini." Oldman tried on hundreds of glass frames before he found the appropriate ones. See more »
Goofs In one of the flashbacks to the Christmas party, presumably before Control resigns in 1973, a "Lenin Santa" has everyone sing along to a recording of the Soviet National Anthem. The version that is played is the 1977 version - the original 1944 words fell out of favor after Stalin's death in 1953 and the anthem was played without words until the new version in 1977. See more »
Movie Connections Featured in Episode dated 1 September 2011 (2011). See more »
Soundtracks Land du Välsignade See more »
Crazy Credits The closing credits slowly shift from the right side of the screen to the left and then back to the right, no doubt to symbolize the heart of the story: a double agent who 'changes sides'. See more »
Quotes George Smiley: I want to talk about loyalty, Toby. Control recruited you, didn't he? He found you starving in a museum in Vienna, a wanted man. He saved your life, I heard. And yet, when the time came... when it came to picking sides between him and Alleline, you didn't hesitate. It's understandable, perhaps, with your war experience. You survived this long, I suppose, because of your ability to change sides, to serve any master.
Easterhase: What's... what's this about, George?
George Smiley: It's about which master you've been serving, Toby.
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