Rear Window
Thriller · Mystery
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Film / 2011
La talpa
Directed by
Tomas Alfredson
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.
The story
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.
Cast
Gary OldmanGeorge Smiley
Colin FirthBill Haydon
Tom HardyRicki Tarr
John HurtControl
Toby JonesPercy Alleline
Mark StrongJim Prideaux
Benedict CumberbatchPeter Guillam
Ciarán HindsRoy Bland
David DencikToby Esterhase
Kathy BurkeConnie Sachs
Stephen GrahamJerry Westerby
Simon McBurneyOliver Lacon
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Svetlana KhodchenkovaIrina
Roger Lloyd PackMendel
Konstantin KhabenskiyPolyakov
Christian McKayMackelvore
Zoltán MucsiMagyar
Péter Kálloy MolnárHungarian Waiter
Ilona KassaiWoman in Window
Imre CsujaKGB Agent
Arthur NightingaleBryant
Amanda Fairbank-HynesBelinda
Peter McNeil O'ConnorFawn
Matyelok GibbsMrs Pope-Graham
Philip Hill-PearsonNorman
Jamie Thomas KingKaspart
Stuart GrahamMinister
Sarah-Jane WrightMary Alleline
Katrina VasilievaAnn Smiley
Linda MarloweMrs McCraig
William HaddockBill Roach
Erskine WylieSpikeley
Philip Martin BrownTufty Thesinger
Tomasz KowalskiBoris
Alexandra SalafrancaTurkish Mistress
Dennis GoodIvan
Oleg DzhabrailovSergei
Gillian StevensonListening Woman
Nick HopperJanitor Alwyn
Laura CarmichaelSal
Rupert ProcterGuillam's Boyfriend
John le CarréChristmas Party Guest
Michael SarneKarla (Voice)
Jean-Claude JayFrench Man at Residency
Tom StuartBen
Harvey WalshSchoolboy (uncredited)
Lutz MichaelMechanic
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