Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011)
In 1973, “Control”, head of British intelligence (“The Circus”), sends Jim Prideaux to Budapest to meet a Hungarian general who has the name of a mole at the top of British Intelligence. Prideaux, realising the meeting is a trap, is shot as he tries to leave. Control and his right-hand man George Smiley are forced to retire, and Control dies soon after. Percy Alleline becomes the new Chief, Bill Haydon his deputy, and Roy Bland and Toby Esterhase his lieutenants. They had already begun receiving Soviet Intelligence from a secret source (Operation “Witchcraft”). Field agent Ricki Tarr warns civil servant Oliver Lacon that there is a mole at the top of the Circus. Knowing that Control had the same theory, Lacon asks Smiley to investigate, helped by Tarr’s boss Peter Guillam and retired Special Branch officer George Mendel.
Smiley interviews analyst Connie Sachs, who was sacked for deducing that Soviet cultural attaché Alexei Polyakov was a military officer and suspecting he was running a mole in London. Tarr tells Smiley how, in Istanbul, Soviet agent Irina wanted to exchange the identity of the mole in return for asylum. After he notified London, the local station chief was murdered and Irina abducted. Fearing for his life, Tarr went into hiding. Smiley sends Guillam to steal the logbook for the night Tarr contacted London. Guillam is unexpectedly brought before Circus leadership and told that Tarr is a traitor. Smiley finds that the logbook pages for the relevant night have been removed, supporting Tarr’s story.
Date of download: 2015-11-11T17:22:34+00:00
Cast:  Gary OldmanGeorge Smiley  Colin FirthBill Haydon  Tom HardyRicki Tarr  Mark StrongJim Prideaux  Ciarán HindsRoy Bland  Benedict CumberbatchPeter Guillam  John HurtControl  Toby JonesPercy Alleline  Konstantin KhabenskyPolyakov  Kathy BurkeConnie Sachs  David DencikToby Esterhase  Stephen GrahamJerry Westerby  Simon McBurneyOliver Lacon |
Svetlana KhodchenkovaIn 1973, “Control”, head of British intelligence (“The Circus”), sends Jim Prideaux to Budapest to meet a Hungarian general who has the name of a mole at the top of British Intelligence. Prideaux, realising the meeting is a trap, is shot as he tries to leave. Control and his right-hand man George Smiley are forced to retire, and Control dies soon after. Percy Alleline becomes the new Chief, Bill Haydon his deputy, and Roy Bland and Toby Esterhase his lieutenants. They had already begun receiving Soviet Intelligence from a secret source (Operation “Witchcraft”). Field agent Ricki Tarr warns civil servant Oliver Lacon that there is a mole at the top of the Circus. Knowing that Control had the same theory, Lacon asks Smiley to investigate, helped by Tarr’s boss Peter Guillam and retired Special Branch officer George Mendel.
Smiley interviews analyst Connie Sachs, who was sacked for deducing that Soviet cultural attaché Alexei Polyakov was a military officer and suspecting he was running a mole in London. Tarr tells Smiley how, in Istanbul, Soviet agent Irina wanted to exchange the identity of the mole in return for asylum. After he notified London, the local station chief was murdered and Irina abducted. Fearing for his life, Tarr went into hiding. Smiley sends Guillam to steal the logbook for the night Tarr contacted London. Guillam is unexpectedly brought before Circus leadership and told that Tarr is a traitor. Smiley finds that the logbook pages for the relevant night have been removed, supporting Tarr’s story.
