Cold War spy Greville Wynne and his Russian source try to put an end to the Cuban Missile Crisis.
Directed by Dominic Cooke
central intelligence agency (cia)
undercover
cold war
based on true story
mi6
british spy
russian spy
Rank
#102 in 2020·#4826 overall
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Letterboxd
3.4 / 5
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Cast
Benedict Cumberbatch
Greville Wynne
Merab Ninidze
Oleg Penkovsky
Rachel Brosnahan
Emily Donovan
Jessie Buckley
Sheila Wynne
Angus Wright
Dickie Franks
Kirill Pirogov
Gribanov
Iva Šindelková
Embassy Assistant
Vladimir Chuprikov
Nikita Khrushchev
Fred Haig
Lee
Mariya Mironova
Vera
Anton Lesser
Bertrand
Miles Richardson
Golf Exec
Crew
Dominic Cooke
Director
Tom O'Connor
Screenplay
Abel Korzeniowski
Original Music Composer
Sean Bobbitt
Director of Photography
Ben Browning
Producer
Ashley Fox
Executive Producer
Glen Basner
Executive Producer
Alison Cohen
Executive Producer
Milan Popelka
Executive Producer
Dominic Cooke
Executive Producer
Tom O'Connor
Executive Producer
Benedict Cumberbatch
Executive Producer
Popular Reviews
227 reviews
Callie Wane
5.0★ · 04/05/26
kinda just feels like they skipped all the interesting parts of the story for the first 90 minutes, REALLY amped it up at the end, then didn’t have the budget for an actual full ending
kinda just feels like they skipped all the interesting parts of the story for the first 90 minutes, REALLY amped it up at the end, then didn’t have the budget for an actual full ending
farPRO
7.0★ · 03/27/26
the did it but at what cost💔
the did it but at what cost💔
grace
4.0★ · 01/14/26
post jessie buckley golden globes win watch
post jessie buckley golden globes win watch
Paul Willeke
5.0★ · 01/02/26
I want to watch some more Jessi Buckley films before the (German) release of Hamnet. She isn’t in this much but when she is, I think she’s pretty good.
Otherwise this is a pretty mid/fine Cold War espionage thriller.
I want to watch some more Jessi Buckley films before the (German) release of Hamnet. She isn’t in this much but when she is, I think she’s pretty good.
Otherwise this is a pretty mid/fine Cold War espionage thriller.
Emil Wulff
6.0★ · 12/17/25
Seeing Benedict Cumberbatch’s cheeks in a russian prison was not on my bingo card but here we are
Seeing Benedict Cumberbatch’s cheeks in a russian prison was not on my bingo card but here we are
