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Plot

Called out of retirement to settle the affairs of a friend, Smiley finds his old organization, the Circus, so overwhelmed by political considerations that it doesn't want to know what happened. He begins to follow up the clues of his friends past days, discovering that the clues lead to a high person in the Russian Secret service, and a secret important enough to kill for.

Cast

Alec Guinness as George Smiley
Alec Guinness

as George Smiley

Anthony Bate as Oliver Lacon
Anthony Bate

as Oliver Lacon

Beryl Reid as Connie Sachs
Beryl Reid

as Connie Sachs

Vladek Sheybal as Otto Leipzig
Vladek Sheybal

as Otto Leipzig

Andy Bradford as Ferguson
Andy Bradford

as Ferguson

Tusse Silberg as Alexandra Ostrakova
Tusse Silberg

as Alexandra Ostrakova

Germaine Delbat as Madame La Pierre
Germaine Delbat

as Madame La Pierre

Mario Adorf as Claus Kretzschmar
Mario Adorf

as Claus Kretzschmar

Curd Jürgens as The General
Curd Jürgens

as The General

Michael Lonsdale as Anton Grigoriev
Michael Lonsdale

as Anton Grigoriev

Network

Status

  • Ended

First Aired Date

  • September 20, 1982

Last Aired Date

  • October 25, 1982

Production Companies

  • BBC

  • Paramount Pictures

Type

  • Miniseries

Number of Season

  • 1

Number of Episodes

  • 6

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When "Madame Ostrakova" (Eileen Atkins) is accosted by a man as she tries to board a bus, we discover that she has a secret Soviet past that saw her flee, leaving her daughter in Moscow. Faced with a difficult choice, she contacts the one man who might be able to help. That's "Gen. Vladimir" (Curd Jürgens) who just happens to have some links with the once again retired "Smiley" (Sir Alec Guinness…

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1982|6 Episodes

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