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25 October 1982 (USA) more
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Called out of retirement to settle the affairs of a friend, Smiley finds his old organization, the Circus... more
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Nominated for 3 Primetime Emmys. Another 4 wins & 6 nominations more
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(2 articles)
Tinker, Tailor Adaptation Finds Right Director
(From TheMovingPicture. 9 July 2009, 11:00 PM, PDT)
A 'Tailor' made International Career for Let the Right One In's Tomas Alfredson
(From ioncinema. 9 July 2009)
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Location of the bridge in Berlin. more (22 total)
Cast
(Series Cast Summary - 10 of 29) | Alec Guinness | ... | George Smiley (6 episodes, 1982) |
 | Eileen Atkins | ... | Madame Ostrakova (4 episodes, 1982) |
| Bill Paterson | ... | Lauder Strickland (4 episodes, 1982) |
| Vladek Sheybal | ... | Otto Leipzig (4 episodes, 1982) |
| Andy Bradford | ... | Ferguson (4 episodes, 1982) |
| Bernard Hepton | ... | Toby Esterhase (3 episodes, 1982) |
| Michael Byrne | ... | Peter Guillam (3 episodes, 1982) |
| Anthony Bate | ... | Oliver Lacon (3 episodes, 1982) |
| Tusse Silberg | ... | Alexandra Ostrakova (3 episodes, 1982) |
| Germaine Delbat | ... | Madame La Pierre (3 episodes, 1982) |
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UK:360 min (6 parts)
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Although the standard for British TV miniseries in the 1970s and '80s was to videotape interior scenes and film exteriors, all of this miniseries was captured on film. more
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George Smiley:
It will cause great embarrassment to the man who sent them.
Claus Kretzschmar:
Will it kill him?
George Smiley:
It will do worse than kill him.
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Follows "Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy" (1979) more
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The bridge that Karla crosses from East to West Berlin is in fact the Lady Bay Bridge in West Bridgford Nottingham. It was a railway bridge converted to a road bridge. I was living one side of the Trent at the time and working the other near the bridge so crossed it every day. This meant leaving the "American Sector" and entering the "Russian Sector" each morning and vice versa in the evening.
The café used by Smiley etc when waiting for Karla appears in the film to be opposite the bridge, it is in fact about a mile and a half away at the bottom of the Musters Road. I was puzzled by the sets and was pleased to see West Bridgford on the film even though it was not recognisable as such.