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Smiley's People

Synopsis

British master-spy George Smiley is called out of retirement to investigate the death of one of his old agents: a former Soviet general, the head of an Estonian émigré organisation based in London. Smiley learns the general had discovered information that will lead to a final confrontation with Smiley's nemesis, the Soviet spymaster Karla.

Details

Year
2019
Type of project
Features
Director
Tomas Alfredson
Screenwriter
Peter Straughan (screenplay), John le Carré (novel)

Genre

Action Drama

Categories

Fiction

Production Status

Pre-production

Production Company

A StudioCanal, Working Title Films production

Working Title Films

26 Aybrook Street
London
W1U 4AN

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