Project Detail

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)

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Production Status

Production Company

A StudioCanal, Working Title Films production

Working Title Films

26 Aybrook Street
London
W1U 4AN

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