---
title: 'Official Secrets (2019)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Gavin Hood'
released: '2019-01-28'
runtime_minutes: 112
certification: 'R'
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'United Kingdom'
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/official-secrets-2019'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5431890/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Official Secrets (2019)

2019 · R · 112 min · Drama · United Kingdom, United States


## Synopsis

Official Secrets is a 2019 British drama film directed by Gavin Hood, based on the case of whistleblower Katharine Gun, who exposed an illegal spying operation by American and British intelligence services to gauge sentiment of and potentially blackmail United Nations diplomats tasked to vote on a resolution regarding the 2003 invasion of Iraq. Keira Knightley stars as Gun, alongside Matt Smith, Matthew Goode, Adam Bakri, Indira Varma and Ralph Fiennes.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Gavin Hood](https://cinepixo.com/people/gavin-hood)
- **Screenplay:** [Gavin Hood](https://cinepixo.com/people/gavin-hood), [Gregory Bernstein](https://cinepixo.com/people/gregory-bernstein), [Sara Bernstein](https://cinepixo.com/people/sara-bernstein)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Mark Kilian](https://cinepixo.com/people/mark-kilian), [Paul Hepker](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-hepker)
- **Producer:** [Mark Gordon](https://cinepixo.com/people/mark-gordon), [Ged Doherty](https://cinepixo.com/people/ged-doherty), [Elizabeth Fowler](https://cinepixo.com/people/elizabeth-fowler), [Melissa Shiyu Zuo](https://cinepixo.com/people/melissa-shiyu-zuo)
- **Director of Photography:** [Florian Hoffmeister](https://cinepixo.com/people/florian-hoffmeister)
- **Editor:** [Megan Gill](https://cinepixo.com/people/megan-gill)

## Cast

- [Harrison Ford](https://cinepixo.com/people/harrison-ford)
- [Hattie Morahan](https://cinepixo.com/people/hattie-morahan) as Yvonne Ridley
- [Conleth Hill](https://cinepixo.com/people/conleth-hill) as Roger Alton
- [Matthew Goode](https://cinepixo.com/people/matthew-goode) as Peter Beaumont
- [Adam Bakri](https://cinepixo.com/people/adam-bakri)
- [Anthony Hopkins](https://cinepixo.com/people/anthony-hopkins)
- [Indira Varma](https://cinepixo.com/people/indira-varma) as Shami Chakrabarti
- [Ray Panthaki](https://cinepixo.com/people/ray-panthaki) as Kamal Ahmed
- [Angus Wright](https://cinepixo.com/people/angus-wright) as Mark Ellison
- [Chris Larkin](https://cinepixo.com/people/chris-larkin) as Nigel Jones, Baron Jones of Cheltenham
- [Rhys Ifans](https://cinepixo.com/people/rhys-ifans) as Ed Vulliamy
- [Matt Smith](https://cinepixo.com/people/matt-smith) as Martin Bright
- [Tamsin Greig](https://cinepixo.com/people/tamsin-greig) as Elizabeth Wilmshurst
- [Ralph Fiennes](https://cinepixo.com/people/ralph-fiennes) as Ben Emmerson
- [Keira Knightley](https://cinepixo.com/people/keira-knightley) as Katharine Gun

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Official site: https://www.officialsecretsfilm.co.uk/
Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/official-secrets-2019
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