Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

Tinker tailor soldier spy is a 1979 seven part drama spy miniseries made by bbc tv.

Tinker tailor soldier spy. It follows the endeavours of taciturn aging spymaster george smiley to uncover a soviet mole in the british secret intelligence service. Directed by tomas alfredson. Tinker tailor soldier spy critics consensus. Tinker tailor soldier spy is a six part 1979 british television miniseries adaptation of john le carré s classic spy novel of the same name.

George smiley has been retired for about a year when he finds a friend from the circus his old outfit in british intelligence sitting in his living room. Tinker tailor soldier spy is the fifth of seven novels in which george smiley plays a part and the first of le carré s famed karla trilogy in which smiley matches wits with karla head of moscow center the kgb. Tinker tailor soldier spy is a 2011 cold war spy thriller film directed by tomas alfredson. John irvin directed and jonathan powell produced this adaptation of john le carré s novel tinker tailor soldier spy 1974.

Tinker tailor soldier spy is a dense puzzle of anxiety paranoia and espionage that director tomas alfredson pieces together with utmost skill. He is taken to the home of an advisor to the prime minister on intelligence matters where he finds evidence that one of the men in the senior ranks of his old agency is a russian spy. Tinker tailor soldier spy 2011 cast and crew credits including actors actresses directors writers and more. With gary oldman colin firth tom hardy mark strong.

It is followed by the honourable schoolboy and smiley s people. In the bleak days of the cold war espionage veteran george smiley is forced from semi retirement to uncover a soviet agent within mi6. Visit the official site.