Actor-tastic adapation of the 1974 British spy novel by John le Carre, directed by Tomas Alfredson (Let the Right One In) - his first English-language film. In the bleak days of the Cold War, middle-aged, taciturn, espionage veteran George Smiley (Gary Oldman) is forced from semi-retirement to uncover a Soviet agent within MI6's echelons, dubbed the "Circus" by those who work there. A previous adapation was made in 1979 as a seven-part series for BBC, featuring Alec Guiness as George Smiley.
Starring:
Gary Oldman, Colin Firth, Kathy Burke, Tom Hardy, John Hurt, Toby Jones, Mark Strong, Benedict Cumberbatch, Ciaran Hinds, David Dencik, Stephen Graham, Konstantin Khabensky
Directed by:
Tomas Alfredson
Reviews:
"The best of the best is carefully positioned here and much of the joy of watching the cat and mouse games and revelations that transpire are to do with the cast" - Urbancinefile.com.au
"It's a 1970s story told in 1970s style, an unrepentant un-reboot so old school that it feels subversively new" - Ann Hornaday
"The story, skillfully mined from Mr. le Carré's labyrinthine book and set in 1973, is a pleasurably sly and involving puzzler - a mystery about mysteries within mysteries" - New York Times
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