Project Detail

The Courier

Synopsis

Based on the true story of the British businessman Greville Wynne who helped the CIA penetrate the Soviet nuclear programme during the Cold War. Wynne and his Russian source, Oleg Penkovsky (codenamed Ironbark), provided crucial intelligence that ended the Cuban Missile Crisis.
Official Selection Sundance Film Festival 2020 - Premieres - World premiere

Details

Year: 2020
Type of project: Features
Running time: 111 min
Director: Dominic Cooke
Producer: Adam Ackland, Rory Aitken, Ben Pugh
Executive Producer: Leah Clarke, Dominic Cooke, Benedict Cumberbatch, Tom O'Connor, Josh Varney
Screenwriter: Tom O'Connor
Principal cast: Benedict Cumberbatch, Merab Ninidze, Rachel Brosnahan, Jessie Buckley
Film Title Note: FKA Ironbark

Genre

Drama

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

SunnyMarch

30 Bloomsbury Street
London
WC1B 3QJ

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Sales Company

FilmNation Entertainment

150 West 22nd Street, 9th Floor
New York
NY 10011
USA

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