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Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

Year:

2012

Duration:

127 min

Genres:

Drama | Mystery | Thriller

IMDB rate:

7.1

Director:

Tomas Alfredson

Awards:

Nominated for 3 Oscars. Another 36 wins & 69 nominations

Details

Country: France

Release Date: 2012-01-06

Filming Locations: Victoria and Albert Museum, South Kensington, London, England, UK

Earnings

Opening Weekend: $310,562 (USA) (11 December 2011)

Gross: $24,149,393 (USA) (22 March 2012)

Cast

Actor

Character

Matyelok Gibbs

Tom Hardy

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

Mark Strong

Jim Prideaux

John Hurt

Control

Zoltán Mucsi

Magyar

Péter Kálloy Molnár

Hungarian Waiter

Ilona Kassai

Woman in Window

Imre Csuja

KGB Agent

Gary Oldman

George Smiley

Toby Jones

Percy Alleline

David Dencik

Toby Esterhase

Ciarán Hinds

Roy Bland

Colin Firth

Bill Haydon

Kathy Burke

Connie Sachs

Benedict Cumberbatch

Peter Guillam

Stephen Graham

Jerry Westerby

Arthur Nightingale

Bryant

Simon McBurney

Oliver Lacon

Amanda Fairbank-Hynes

Belinda (as Amanda Fairbank Hynes)

Peter O'Connor

Fawn

Roger Lloyd Pack

Mendel

Phillip Hill-Pearson

Norman

Jamie Thomas King

Kaspar

Stuart Graham

Minister

Konstantin Khabenskiy

Polyakov

Sarah Jane Wright

Mary Alleline (as Sarah-Jane Robinson)

Katrina Vasilieva

Ann Smiley

Linda Marlowe

Mrs. McCraig

William Haddock

Bill Roach

Erksine Wylie

Spikeley

Philip Martin Brown

Tufty Thesinger

Tomasz Kowalski

Boris

Svetlana Khodchenkova

Irina

Alexandra Salafranca

Turkish Mistress

Denis Khoroshko

Ivan

Oleg Dzhabrailov

Sergei

Gillian Steventon

Listening Woman

Nick Hopper

Janitor Alwyn

Laura Carmichael

Sal

Rupert Procter

Guillam's Boyfriend

John le Carré

Christmas Party Guest

Michael Sarne

Voice of Karla

Christian McKay

Mackelvore

Jean-Claude Jay

French Man at Residency (as Jean Claude Jay)

Tom Stuart

Ben

Russell Balogh

Scalphunter (uncredited)

Peter Bartfay

Hungarian Secret Agent (voice) (uncredited)

Sarah Linda

Miss Robinson (uncredited)

Nick Shaw

Civil Servant (uncredited)

Eva Von Mitzka

MI5 Spy (uncredited)

Harvey Walsh

Schoolboy (uncredited)

Did you know?

Trivia

Benedict Cumberbatch describes his role as Peter Guillam as the ultimate acting exercise: "I've always wanted to play a spy - you are NEVER what you seem."

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John le Carré based the character of Karla (played by Michael Sarne) on the KGB's Major General Rem Krassilnikov who was a counter-intelligence spy for the KGB's State Security Committee.

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Body count: 5 (not counting the bird).

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Goofs

When Smiley is first shown waiting on phone in the secret flat, you can see his shoes removed and under table. In the next scene a few seconds later, he is shown again with shoes on, which he then proceeds to remove.

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When Smiley and Esterhase meet on the runway, the plane that stops behind them has the left prop blade to one side. When moments later Peter is shown opening the door, the same prop is now straight up.

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In Nyugati Railway station in Budapest modern advertising for a railway museum (vasúttörténeti park) is visible, that didn't open until 2001.

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Quotes

Ricki Tarr: [about Irina] She had information concerning a double agent. What she told me was sensational...

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Control: We have a rotten apple, Jim.

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Connie Sachs: [to Smiley] Don't come back if it's awful! I'd rather remember you all just as you are.

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Faq

What is the music in the trailers?

Trailer 1 uses the Wolf Suite by Danny Elfman from The Wolfman score. The second trailer uses parts of Frankenstein's Monster from the X-Men: First Class score by Henry Jackman.

What is the song when Peter Guillam attempts to steal the files?

'Mr. Wu's A Window Cleaner Now' by George Formby. The complete list of songs from the movie can be found here with scene descriptions.

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