Directed by:
Simon LangtonCinematography:
Kenneth MacMillanComposer:
Patrick GowersCast:
Alec Guinness, Eileen Atkins, Bill Paterson, Michael Byrne, Anthony Bate, Vladek Sheybal, Barry Foster, Michael Gough, Curd Jürgens, Maureen Lipman (more)Episodes(6)
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A Mother's Assistance (E01)
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The General's Big Fish (E02)
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Gathering Friends (E03)
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The Rogue Elephant (E04)
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Alexandra Tatjana (E05)
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Smiley's Lighter (E06)
Plots(1)
Both had supposedly outlived their usefulness to the Circus, the British Secret Intelligence Service: George Smiley, the retired head of espionage, and General Vladimir, an aging informant who reported to him. When the general walks into a bullet after sending an urgent message to his old handler, the Circus asks Smiley to "tidy things up." But Smiley hears Vladimir's message as a call to arms against his nemesis, the Soviet super spy Karla, once again tantalizingly within his grasp. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
![Michael Elphick](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/785/162785469_748e2e.jpg)
Michael Elphick
UK
Best series:
Smiley's People (1982) (series)
The Professionals (1977) (series)
Masada (1981) (series)
![Jan Fedder](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/117/160/117160124_609552.jpg)
Jan Fedder
West Germany
Best series:
Das Boot (1985) (series)
Smiley's People (1982) (series)
Tatort (1970) (series)
![Jacques Maury](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/117/160/117160540_9c97fc.jpg)
Jacques Maury
Belgium
Best series:
Smiley's People (1982) (series)
The New Avengers (1976) (series)
Fantômas (1980) (series)
![Hywel Bennett](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/997/161997847_b3926a.jpg)
Hywel Bennett
UK
Best series:
Doctor Who (1963) (series)
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (1979) (series)
Smiley's People (1982) (series)
André Penvern
France
Best series:
Maximilian & Marie De Bourgogne (2017) (series)
Smiley's People (1982) (series)
Patriot (2015) (series)
![Alex Jennings](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/307/158307287_bf845e.gif)
Alex Jennings
UK
Best series:
The Crown (2016) (series)
Mr Bates vs. The Post Office (2024) (series)
Silk (2011) (series)
![Norma West](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/538/158538383_f19c45.jpg)
Norma West
South Africa
Best series:
The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes (1991) (series)
The Prisoner (1967) (series)
Smiley's People (1982) (series)
Jean Champion
France
Best series:
Smiley's People (1982) (series)
Série noire (1984) (series)
Maigret (1991) (series)
Christiane Carstens
Best series:
Smiley's People (1982) (series)
Rush (2008) (series)
Tatort (1970) (series)
Matthias Dittmer
West Germany
Best series:
Smiley's People (1982) (series)
Berlin, section criminelle (2006) (series)
Polizeiruf 110 (1971) (series)
Vincent Grass
Belgium
Best series:
Le Temps des as (1978) (series)
Smiley's People (1982) (series)
Braquo (2009) (series)
Carl Duering
German Empire
Best series:
Sherlock Holmes (1964) (series)
The Saint (1962) (series)
Smiley's People (1982) (series)
![Ralf Richter](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/879/159879680_e1eacc.jpg)
Ralf Richter
West Germany
Best series:
Adventure of Criminalistics (1989) (series)
Das Boot (1985) (series)
Smiley's People (1982) (series)
Yves Peneau
France
Best series:
Smiley's People (1982) (series)
![Peter Guinness](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/343/163343128_cf8c97.jpg)
Peter Guinness
UK
Best series:
Chernobyl (2019) (series)
The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes (1991) (series)
Catch-22 (2019) (series)
Roswitha Dost
Germany
Best series:
Smiley's People (1982) (series)
Berlin, Berlin (2002) (series)
Polizeiruf 110 (1971) (series)
![Rosalie Crutchley](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/330/160330959_4964a9.jpg)
Rosalie Crutchley
UK
Best series:
The Prisoner (1967) (series)
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1984) (series)
Smiley's People (1982) (series)
![Louba Guertchikoff](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/393/160393758_cd4b8f.jpg)
Louba Guertchikoff
France
Best series:
Smiley's People (1982) (series)
Georges Hubert
France
Best series:
Smiley's People (1982) (series)
Trevor Cooper
UK
Best series:
Downton Abbey (2010) (series)
Vikings (2013) (series)
Call the Midwife (2012) (series)