---
title: 'The Courier (2020)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Dominic Cooke'
released: '2020-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 111
certification: 'PG-13'
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'United Kingdom'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-courier-2020'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8368512/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Courier (2020)

2020 · PG-13 · 111 min · Drama · United Kingdom


## Synopsis

The Courier is a 2020 historical spy film directed by Dominic Cooke and written by Tom O'Connor. The film stars Benedict Cumberbatch as Greville Wynne, and is based on the true story of a British businessman who was recruited by the Secret Intelligence Service to be a message conduit with Russian spy source Oleg Penkovsky in the 1960s. Rachel Brosnahan, Jessie Buckley, and Angus Wright also star.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Dominic Cooke](https://cinepixo.com/people/dominic-cooke)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Abel Korzeniowski](https://cinepixo.com/people/abel-korzeniowski)
- **Producer:** [Ben Browning](https://cinepixo.com/people/ben-browning), [Rory Aitken](https://cinepixo.com/people/rory-aitken), [Ben Pugh](https://cinepixo.com/people/ben-pugh)
- **Director of Photography:** [Sean Bobbitt](https://cinepixo.com/people/sean-bobbitt)

## Cast

- [Vladimir Chuprikov](https://cinepixo.com/people/vladimir-chuprikov) as Nikita Khrushchev
- [Angus Wright](https://cinepixo.com/people/angus-wright) as Dickie Franks
- [Anton Lesser](https://cinepixo.com/people/anton-lesser) as Bertrand
- [Željko Ivanek](https://cinepixo.com/people/zeljko-ivanek) as John A. McCone
- [Benedict Cumberbatch](https://cinepixo.com/people/benedict-cumberbatch) as Greville Wynne
- [Maria Mironova](https://cinepixo.com/people/maria-mironova-2) as Vera
- [Jessie Buckley](https://cinepixo.com/people/jessie-buckley) as Sheila,
- [Kirill Pirogov](https://cinepixo.com/people/kirill-pirogov) as Oleg Gribanov
- [Merab Ninidze](https://cinepixo.com/people/merab-ninidze) as Oleg Penkovsky
- [Rachel Brosnahan](https://cinepixo.com/people/rachel-brosnahan) as Helen Talbot

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Official site: https://www.thecouriermovie.com
Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-courier-2020
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