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About
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.
Theatrical
Dec 9, 2011
Box Office
$81.5M
Budget
$30.0M
Return
2.7x
DVD / Blu-ray
Mar 20, 2012
Theaters
1
Director
Writers
Producers
Music
Studio
StudioCanal, Working Title Films, Karla Films, Paradis Films, Kinowelt
Quotes
See all →Trust in a Master Spy During Cold War
Taglines
At the height of the Cold War, only a master spy could be trusted to expose one of their own.
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
The Enemy Lies Within
Taglines
The enemy is within.
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
Cast
Full credits →
Gary Oldman
George Smiley
C
Colin Firth
Bill Haydon
Tom Hardy
Ricki Tarr
J
John Hurt
Control
T
Toby Jones
Percy Alleline
M
Mark Strong
Jim Prideaux
B
Benedict Cumberbatch
Peter Guillam
C
Ciarán Hinds
Roy Bland
D
David Dencik
Toby Esterhase
K
Kathy Burke
Connie Sachs
S
Stephen Graham
Jerry Westerby
S
Simon McBurney
Oliver Lacon
S
Svetlana Khodchenkova
Irina
R
Roger Lloyd Pack
Mendel
K
Konstantin Khabenskiy
Polyakov
C
Christian McKay
Mackelvore
Z
Zoltán Mucsi
Magyar
P
Péter Kálloy Molnár
Hungarian Waiter
I
Ilona Kassai
Woman in Window
I
Imre Csuja
KGB Agent
