In the bleak days of the Cold War, espionage veteran George Smiley is forced from semi-retirement to uncover a Soviet Agent within MI6.In the bleak days of the Cold War, espionage veteran George Smiley is forced from semi-retirement to uncover a Soviet Agent within MI6.In the bleak days of the Cold War, espionage veteran George Smiley is forced from semi-retirement to uncover a Soviet Agent within MI6.
- Nominated for 3 Oscars
- 35 wins & 100 nominations total
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- TriviaDirector Tomas Alfredson based the environment on his first impressions of London when he first visited the city in the 1970s: a brown and grey palette, shadows and uncovered lightbulbs, and dirty streets. "If you see London now and at that time, it's two different cities. Today it's a white city; then it was black; it was so dirty, and you could still feel the War all around."
- GoofsIn one of the flashbacks to the Christmas party, presumably before Control resigns in 1973, a "Lenin Santa" has everyone sing along to a recording of the Soviet National Anthem. The version that is played is the 1977 version - the original 1944 words fell out of favor after Stalin's death in 1953 and the anthem was played without words until the new version in 1977.
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George Smiley: I want to talk about loyalty, Toby. Control recruited you, didn't he? He found you starving in a museum in Vienna, a wanted man. He saved your life, I heard. And yet, when the time came... when it came to picking sides between him and Alleline, you didn't hesitate. It's understandable, perhaps, with your war experience. You survived this long, I suppose, because of your ability to change sides, to serve any master.
Easterhase: What's... what's this about, George?
George Smiley: It's about which master you've been serving, Toby.
- Crazy creditsThe closing credits slowly shift from the right side of the screen to the left and then back to the right, no doubt to symbolize the heart of the story: a double agent who 'changes sides'.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Breakfast: Episode dated 1 September 2011 (2011)
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Written by Ragnar Althén (as Ragnar Althen), Elisabet Björklund
Performed by Jussi Björling (as Jussi Bjorling)
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- Sep 16, 2011
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- Trò Chơi Nội Gián
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- Budget
- £20,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $24,149,393
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $310,562
- Dec 11, 2011
- Gross worldwide
- $81,515,369
- Runtime2 hours 7 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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