Story Line
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.
“How do you find an enemy who is hidden right before your eyes?”
Top Cast
Gary Oldman
George Smiley
Colin Firth
Bill Haydon
Tom Hardy
Ricki Tarr
John Hurt
Control
Toby Jones
Percy Alleline
Mark Strong
Jim Prideaux
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Rating
6.6/ 10
Release Date
2011-09-16
Runtime
2h 7m
Genres
DramaThrillerMystery
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User Reviews (4)
Kenneth Axel Carlsson
8/10
•12/25/2014The russians have placed a mole within the Circus (who is the british intelligence service, by the way). George Smiley (Gary Oldman), having been fired from the Circus, has now been rehired (secretly) to find the mole. He assembles his small team and...
r96sk
8/10
•9/5/2020Great cast, nice cinematography and a fascinating plot.
<em>'Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy'</em> is very much a slow burn but it's worth it at the end, even if I wouldn't describe the premise as unpredictable - it isn't predictable per se, I just can'...
Filipe Manuel Neto
6/10
•6/18/2022**Despite a great cast and good script material, the film is tiring, stagnant, a bit gray and boring to watch.**
This film is a remake of an older film from 1973 (I haven't seen it yet, but I intend to), both of which are film adaptations of a spy...
CinemaSerf
7/10
•7/22/2022Many folks will remember the wonderful BBC adaptation of this John Le Carré story that featured the late Sir Alec Guinness as the measured and sagely "George Smiley" character. This time, this almost as superior adaptation places an on-form Gary Oldm...