Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Tomas Alfredson, 2011
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
John le Carré, 1974
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy is a movie directed by Tomas Alfredson in 2011 and based on the book Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy by John le Carré, first published in 1974. The movie features Gary Oldman, Colin Firth, Tom Hardy, Mark Strong, Benedict Cumberbatch, Toby Jones, and others.
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Storyline
In 1973, Control, head of British intelligence (The Circus), sends agent Jim Prideaux to Budapest to meet a prospective defector, a Hungarian Army general who has the name of a mole at the top of British Intelligence. Alleline and Bland request budget approval from civil servant Oliver Lacon for Operation Witchcraft, including a safe house for their high-level Soviet source.
Movie vs Book
Year
2011
Minutes
122
Movie Rate
7.10
Source: IMDb
Movie
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Director: Tomas Alfredson
Country: UK
Year: 2011
Length: 2h2m
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Year
1974
Pages
381
Book Rate
8.08
S: Goodreads
Book
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
Author: John le Carré
Country: UK
First published in: 1974
Length: 381 pages
Genre: Fiction
Book series: George Smiley
Other screen adaptations of the book
TV Mini-Series by John Irvin
User polls & recommendations
“I never have any idea about who I would cast in my books. I don't think I could ever write a book thinking of it as a movie the whole time.”
JESS WALTER (Writer)
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