George Smiley, the aging master spy of the Cold War and once heir apparent to Control, is brought back out of retirement to flush out a top level mole within the Circus. Smiley must travel back through his life and murky workings of the Circus to unravel the net spun by his nemesis Karla 'The Sandman' of the KGB and reveal the identity of the mole before he disappears.
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
“How do you find an enemy who is hidden right before your eyes?”
Overview
George Smiley, the aging master spy of the Cold War and once heir apparent to Control, is brought back out of retirement to flush out a top level mole within the Circus. Smiley must travel back through his life and murky workings of the Circus to unravel the net spun by his nemesis Karla 'The Sandman' of the KGB and reveal the identity of the mole before he disappears.
Director
Tomas Alfredson
Budget
30.0M
Revenue
81.5M
Status
Released
Production
StudioCanal, Working Title Films, Karla Films, Paradis Films, Kinowelt
Cast
Gary Oldman
George Smiley
Colin Firth
Bill Haydon
Tom Hardy
Ricki Tarr
John Hurt
Control
Toby Jones
Percy Alleline
Mark Strong
Jim Prideaux
Benedict Cumberbatch
Peter Guillam
Ciarán Hinds
Roy Bland
David Dencik
Toby Esterhase
Kathy Burke
Connie Sachs
Stephen Graham
Jerry Westerby
Simon McBurney
Oliver Lacon
Svetlana Khodchenkova
Irina
Roger Lloyd Pack
Mendel
Konstantin Khabenskiy
Polyakov
Christian McKay
Mackelvore
Zoltán Mucsi
Magyar
Péter Kálloy Molnár
Hungarian Waiter
Ilona Kassai
Woman in Window
Imre Csuja
KGB Agent
Arthur Nightingale
Bryant
Amanda Fairbank-Hynes
Belinda
Peter McNeil O'Connor
Fawn
Matyelok Gibbs
Mrs Pope-Graham
Philip Hill-Pearson
Norman
Jamie Thomas King
Kaspart
Stuart Graham
Minister
Sarah-Jane Wright
Mary Alleline
Katrina Vasilieva
Ann Smiley
Linda Marlowe
Mrs McCraig
William Haddock
Bill Roach
Erskine Wylie
Spikeley
Philip Martin Brown
Tufty Thesinger
Tomasz Kowalski
Boris
Alexandra Salafranca
Turkish Mistress
Dennis Good
Ivan
Oleg Dzhabrailov
Sergei
Gillian Stevenson
Listening Woman
Nick Hopper
Janitor Alwyn
Laura Carmichael
Sal
Rupert Procter
Guillam's Boyfriend
John le Carré
Christmas Party Guest
Michael Sarne
Karla (Voice)
Jean-Claude Jay
French Man at Residency
Tom Stuart
Ben
Harvey Walsh
Schoolboy (uncredited)
Video Gallery
Official US Trailer
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