Smiley's People [1982 TV mini series]
by Simon Langton (Director), John Hopkins (screenplay)
George Smiley (Alec Guinness Dramatizations — Alec Guinness Series 2)
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The bespectacled spymaster is once more called from retirement to come to the aid of the 'Circus'--and he returns with a vengeance. The murder of an emigre Soviet General who was also a British agent, sends him digging into the past on a twisted trail across Europe that moves, inexorably, towards a final showdown with his old adversary, Karla of Moscow Centre.Tags
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- Canonical title
- Smiley's People [1982 TV mini series]
- Original title
- Smiley's People
- Original publication date
- 1982
- People/Characters
- George Smiley; Stella Craven; Villem Craven; Toby Esterhase; Anton Grigoriev; Peter Guillam (show all 22); Oliver Lacon; Claus Kretzschmar; Molly Meakin; Nigel Mostyn; Otto Leipzig; Oleg Kirov; Maria Andreyevna Ostrakova; Connie Sachs; Lauder Strickland; Elvira; Ferguson; Grigoriev; Karla; Mikhel; Tatiana (as Alexandra); General Vladimir
- Important places
- London, England, UK
- Related movies
- Smiley's People (1982 | IMDb)
- Epigraph
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- Dedication
- [None]
- First words
- [After various indistinguishable small talk in French (and Russian?) at M. Ostrakova's workplace and on the street].
Oleg Kirov: Your name is Maria Andreyevna Ostrakova. You were born in Leningrad on May the 8th 1927. - Quotations
- Saul Enderby: Oh, that reminds me, George. Did you twist that young fellow Mostyn's tail, by any chance?
George Smiley: Whatever do you mean?
Saul Enderby: Yes, I thought so. That's why I sacked him. Tried to se... (show all)ll him to the BBC, but they wouldn't have him. What's he up to now, Strickland?
Lauder Strickland: He's in retreat, sir. Joined an order of Franciscan monks near Ipswich.
Saul Enderby: Ipswich, eh? Cold bloody spot to pray.
At the present rate of inflation, blackmail's about the only thing that keeps its value. - Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)Peter Guillam: Come on, old friend. It's bed time. George. You won.
George Smiley: Did I? Yes. Yes, I suppose I did. - Original language
- English
- Disambiguation notice
- This is the 1982 TV mini-series adaptation of Smiley's People. Please do not combine it with the original book or with any other adaptation.
In particular, the actor Bernard Lepton appears in this adaptation as ... (show all)Toby Esterhase, but in a BBC radio adaptation as George Smiley; please do not combine the two adaptations.
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