Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
“How do you find an enemy who is hidden right before your eyes?”
George Smiley, the aging master spy of the Cold War and once heir apparent to Control, is brought back out of retirement to flush out a top level mole within the Circus. Smiley must travel back through his life and murky workings of the Circus to unravel the net spun by his nemesis Karla 'The Sandman' of the KGB and reveal the identity of the mole before he disappears.
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Cast
48 people
Gary Oldman
George Smiley
Known for
The Dark Knight Rises
Léon: The Professional
Colin Firth
Bill Haydon
Known for
Kingsman: The Secret Service
The King's Speech
Tom Hardy
Ricki Tarr
Known for
Mad Max: Fury Road
Venom
John Hurt
Control
Known for
Alien
V for Vendetta
Toby Jones
Percy Alleline
Known for
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
MobLand
Peter O'Connor
Fawn
Mark Strong
Jim Prideaux
Known for
Shazam!
1917
Benedict Cumberbatch
Peter Guillam
Known for
Doctor Strange
The Imitation Game
Ciarán Hinds
Roy Bland
Known for
Rome
The Woman in Black
David Dencik
Toby Esterhase
Known for
Chernobyl
The Chestnut Man
Kathy Burke
Connie Sachs
Known for
Flushed Away
Pan
Stephen Graham
Jerry Westerby
Known for
Snatch
Adolescence
Tomas Alfredson Director · Peter Straughan Screenplay Bridget O'Connor Screenplay
Worldwide gross $82M · Budget $30M · United States release December 9, 2011
Box office
Budget
$30,000,000
Worldwide gross
$81,515,369
Gross vs. budget
2.7×
Production
StudioCanal
Production
Working Title
Production
Karla Films
Production
Paradis Films
Production
Kinowelt Filmproduktion
Production
Focus Features
Studio
CinéCinéma
Production
Working Title Films
Production
Germany · United Kingdom · France
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English · French · Hungarian · Russian · Turkish
Release dates
Italy · September 5, 2011
Premiere · Venice Film Festival
United Kingdom · September 16, 2011
Theatrical
United States · December 9, 2011
Theatrical
Argentina
February 23, 2012 · Theatrical
Australia
January 19, 2012 · Theatrical
Austria
February 2, 2012 · Theatrical
Belgium
February 8, 2012 · Theatrical
Brazil
January 13, 2012 · Theatrical
Bulgaria
February 24, 2012 · Theatrical
Canada
December 16, 2011 · Theatrical
Chile
June 7, 2012 · Theatrical
Croatia
February 2, 2012 · Theatrical
Czechia
February 2, 2012 · Theatrical
Denmark
February 9, 2012 · Theatrical
Estonia
November 18, 2011 · Theatrical
Finland
March 2, 2012 · Theatrical
France
February 8, 2012 · Theatrical
June 19, 2012 · Physical · DVD & Blu-Ray
November 1, 2016 · Digital · VOD
February 11, 2022 · Digital · Canal+ (ex myCanal)
September 18, 2026 · TV · Canal+ Grand Écran
Germany
February 2, 2012 · Theatrical
Greece
February 16, 2012 · Theatrical
Hong Kong SAR China
March 15, 2012 · Theatrical
Hungary
January 26, 2012 · Theatrical
India
December 30, 2011 · Theatrical
Ireland
September 16, 2011 · Theatrical
Italy
January 13, 2012 · Theatrical
Japan
April 21, 2012 · Theatrical
Lithuania
December 23, 2011 · Theatrical
Mexico
February 10, 2012 · Theatrical
Netherlands
December 15, 2011 · Theatrical
March 28, 2012 · Physical · DVD, Blu ray
December 15, 2017 · TV · NPO 2
Norway
January 27, 2012 · Theatrical
Peru
March 15, 2012 · Theatrical
Poland
November 25, 2011 · Theatrical
Portugal
December 22, 2011 · Theatrical
Romania
February 3, 2012 · Theatrical
Russia
December 8, 2011 · Theatrical
Singapore
February 9, 2012 · Theatrical
South Korea
February 9, 2012 · Theatrical
Spain
December 23, 2011 · Theatrical
Sweden
December 25, 2011 · Theatrical
Türkiye
February 10, 2012 · Theatrical
Ukraine
December 8, 2011 · Theatrical
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