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intricate inner workings of Britain's Secret
Intelligence Service (AKA the Circus) and the
hunt for a possible Soviet mole within its
highest rank. The head of the organization,
known only as Control (John Hurt), and his
Deputy Head of Service, George Smiley (Gary
Oldman), are both fired in the aftermath of
a disastrous operation in Hungary involving
agent Jim Prideaux (Mark Strong). Smiley is
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of moral relativism. It's a haunting piece
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