Official Secrets
“Nothing is more dangerous than the truth.”
The true story of British intelligence whistleblower Katharine Gun who—prior to the 2003 Iraq invasion—leaked a top-secret NSA memo exposing a joint US-UK illegal spying operation against members of the UN Security Council. The memo proposed blackmailing member states into voting for war.
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Cast
55 people
Keira Knightley
Katharine Gun
Known for
The Imitation Game
Pride & Prejudice
Matt Smith
Martin Bright
Known for
House of the Dragon
Morbius
Ralph Fiennes
Ben Emmerson
Known for
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Schindler's List
Adam Bakri
Yasar Gun
Known for
Omar
Ali and Nino
Matthew Goode
Peter Beaumont
Known for
The Imitation Game
Watchmen
Rhys Ifans
Ed Vulliamy
Known for
House of the Dragon
The Amazing Spider-Man
Indira Varma
Shami Chakrabarti
Known for
Game of Thrones
Obi-Wan Kenobi
John Heffernan
James Welch
Known for
Dracula
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
Conleth Hill
Roger Alton
Known for
Game of Thrones
Whatever Works
Jack Farthing
Andy Dumfries
Known for
Poldark
The ABC Murders
MyAnna Buring
Jasmine
Known for
The Witcher
The Descent
Peter Guinness
TinTin
Known for
Chernobyl
Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan
Gavin Hood Director · Gregory Bernstein Screenplay Sara Bernstein Screenplay
Director Screenplay
Gavin Hood
Screenplay
Gregory Bernstein
Screenplay
Sara Bernstein
Author
Marcia Mitchell
Author
Thomas Mitchell
Composer
Paul Hepker
Composer
Mark Kilian
Cinematographer
Florian Hoffmeister
Editor
Megan Gill
Production designer
Simon Rogers
Costume designer
Claire Finlay-Thompson
Worldwide gross $10M · United States release August 30, 2019 · Produced in United Kingdom, United States, Switzerland
Box office
Worldwide gross
$10,100,000
Production
Clear Pictures Entertainment
Production
Screen Yorkshire
Production
Silver Reel
Production
Classified Films
Production
IFC
Studio
The Gordon Company
Production
United Kingdom · United States · Switzerland
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
Chinese · English
Release dates
United States · January 28, 2019
Premiere · Sundance Film Festival
United States · August 30, 2019
Limited theatrical
United Kingdom · October 10, 2019
Limited theatrical · BFI London Film Festival
Argentina
March 27, 2021 · Digital
Australia
August 3, 2019 · Premiere · Melbourne International Film Festival
November 21, 2019 · Theatrical
Austria
November 22, 2019 · Theatrical
Belgium
August 30, 2019 · Limited theatrical
Brazil
October 22, 2019 · Theatrical · DIAMOND mj.gov.br
Bulgaria
July 18, 2022 · TV
Ecuador
September 23, 2021 · Physical · DVD
Estonia
August 30, 2019 · Theatrical
France
January 2, 2020 · Digital · e-cinéma
February 14, 2020 · Digital · VOD
March 11, 2020 · Physical · DVD & Blu-Ray
Germany
November 21, 2019 · Theatrical
March 26, 2020 · Physical
Greece
October 24, 2019 · Theatrical
India
September 27, 2019 · Theatrical
Ireland
October 18, 2019 · Theatrical
Israel
March 5, 2020 · Theatrical
Italy
November 18, 2020 · Physical · Blu-ray
Japan
August 28, 2020 · Digital
Latvia
September 6, 2019 · Theatrical
Lebanon
September 12, 2019 · Theatrical
Lithuania
October 4, 2019 · Theatrical
Mexico
December 13, 2019 · Theatrical
Netherlands
October 24, 2019 · Theatrical
New Zealand
November 21, 2019 · Theatrical
Peru
January 2, 2020 · Theatrical
Poland
December 13, 2019 · Digital
Portugal
September 5, 2019 · Theatrical
Russia
September 5, 2019 · Theatrical
Singapore
December 26, 2019 · Theatrical
South Korea
November 27, 2019 · Theatrical
Spain
October 25, 2019 · Theatrical
Sweden
May 18, 2020 · Physical · DVD
Switzerland
October 1, 2019 · Premiere · Zurich Film Festival
October 1, 2019 · Digital
Taiwan
September 27, 2019 · Theatrical
Türkiye
January 3, 2020 · Theatrical
Ukraine
September 19, 2019 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
October 18, 2019 · Theatrical
Uruguay
December 26, 2019 · Theatrical
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