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Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy is a 2011 Cold War spy film directed by Tomas Alfredson. The screenplay was written by Bridget O'Connor and Peter Straughan, based on John le Carré's 1974 novel. The film stars an ensemble cast including Gary Oldman as George Smiley, with Colin Firth, Tom Hardy, John Hurt, Toby Jones, Mark Strong, Benedict Cumberbatch, Ciarán Hinds, David Dencik and Kathy Burke. It is set in London in the early 1970s and follows the hunt for a Soviet double agent at the top of the British secret service.

Plot

In November 1973, "Control", head of British intelligence ("The Circus"), sends field agent Jim Prideaux to Budapest to meet a Hungarian general and potential defector, who has offered to identify a mole installed by Soviet spymaster Karla amongst the Circus' senior leadership. Prideaux realises the meeting is a trap, attempts to leave and is shot in the back. Control and his deputy, George Smiley, are forced to retire, and Control dies shortly after. Sir Percy Alleline becomes the new Chief, Bill Haydon his deputy, and Roy Bland and Toby Esterhase his lieutenants. In a flashback, we see that despite Control's and Smiley's suspicions, the four had begun handling a high-level Soviet source ("Operation Witchcraft"); Alleline later begins sharing Witchcraft intelligence with the Americans.

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    award European Film Award for Best Composer European Film Award for Best Production Designer
    contentLocation Budapest Istanbul London Paris
    director Tomas Alfredson
    editor Dino Jonsäter
    genre drama thriller
    keywords abduct agent handling bill haydon british intelligence capture central intelligence agency chainsmoker cia civil servant connect control debrief delhi discover double agent duty officer field agent first time force french teacher george smiley hide hungarian hungarian people\'s army hunting rifle id jim prideaux karla kgb kill meet mi6 military officer mole murder permanent secretary permanent undersecretary peter guillam prep school preparatory school retire ricki tarr safe house sexual relationship shoot slush fund soviet soviet military soviet spy soviet union special branch station chief suspect to run a mole trade train
    musicBy Alberto Iglesias
    nomination Academy Award for Best Actor Academy Award for Best Original Score Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay European Film Award for Best Actor European Film Award for Best Cinematographer European Film Award for Best Composer European Film Award for Best Production Designer European Film Award – People's Choice Award for Best European Film
    producer Eric Fellner Peter Morgan Robyn Slovo Tim Bevan
    productionCompany Karla Films Kinowelt Filmproduktion Paradis Films StudioCanal Working Title Films
    publisher StudioCanal
    recordedAt Blythe House Budapest Budapest-Nyugati railway station Clerkenwell Fisherman's Bastion http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q841167 Inglis Barracks Istanbul London Párizsi udvar Turkey Victoria and Albert Museum
    theme narrative spy