Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
2011 · TMDB 6.6
Directed by Tomas Alfredson
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.
Why it matters
In the 1970s, a retired British spy is brought back to uncover a mole at the top of MI6, navigating a world where trust is a commodity and love is a memory.
- Runtime
- 127 min
- Released
- 2011-09-16
- Studio
- StudioCanal
- Country
- Germany
- Language
- English
- TMDB score
- 6.6
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