---
title: 'Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Tomas Alfredson'
released: '2011-09-05'
runtime_minutes: 127
certification: 'R'
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Mystery'
  - 'Thriller'
countries:
  - 'Germany'
  - 'United Kingdom'
  - 'France'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/tinker-tailor-soldier-spy-2011'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1340800/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011)

2011 · R · 127 min · Drama, Mystery, Thriller · Germany, United Kingdom, France


## Synopsis

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy is a 2011 Cold War spy film directed by Tomas Alfredson. The screenplay was written by Bridget O'Connor and Peter Straughan, based on John le Carré's 1974 novel. The film stars an ensemble cast including Gary Oldman as George Smiley, with Colin Firth, Tom Hardy, John Hurt, Toby Jones, Mark Strong, Benedict Cumberbatch, Ciarán Hinds, David Dencik and Kathy Burke. It is set in London in the early 1970s and follows the hunt for a Soviet double agent at the top of the British secret service.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Tomas Alfredson](https://cinepixo.com/people/tomas-alfredson)
- **Screenplay:** [Bridget O'Connor](https://cinepixo.com/people/bridget-o-connor), [Peter Straughan](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-straughan)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Alberto Iglesias](https://cinepixo.com/people/alberto-iglesias)
- **Producer:** [Peter Morgan](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-morgan), [Eric Fellner](https://cinepixo.com/people/eric-fellner), [Robyn Slovo](https://cinepixo.com/people/robyn-slovo), [Tim Bevan](https://cinepixo.com/people/tim-bevan)
- **Director of Photography:** [Hoyte van Hoytema](https://cinepixo.com/people/hoyte-van-hoytema)

## Cast

- [Matyelok Gibbs](https://cinepixo.com/people/matyelok-gibbs)
- [Philip Martin Brown](https://cinepixo.com/people/philip-martin-brown) as Tufty Thesinger
- [Stephen Graham](https://cinepixo.com/people/stephen-graham) as Gerald Westerby
- [Roger Lloyd-Pack](https://cinepixo.com/people/roger-lloyd-pack) as Mendel
- [Svetlana Khodchenkova](https://cinepixo.com/people/svetlana-khodchenkova) as Irina
- [Phillip Hill-Pearson](https://cinepixo.com/people/phillip-hill-pearson)
- [Jean-Claude Jay](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-claude-jay)
- [Sarah Jane Wright](https://cinepixo.com/people/sarah-jane-wright)
- [John le Carré](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-le-carre)
- [Benedict Cumberbatch](https://cinepixo.com/people/benedict-cumberbatch) as Peter Guillam
- [Erksine Wylie](https://cinepixo.com/people/erksine-wylie) as Spikely
- [Christian McKay](https://cinepixo.com/people/christian-mckay)
- [Jamie King](https://cinepixo.com/people/jamie-king)
- [Gillian Steventon](https://cinepixo.com/people/gillian-steventon)
- [Stuart Graham](https://cinepixo.com/people/stuart-graham)

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/tinker-tailor-soldier-spy-2011
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