Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

“How do you find an enemy who is hidden right before your eyes?”

The British secret service has been compromised by a Soviet mole at its highest level. George Smiley (Gary Oldman), a burned-out intelligence officer pulled back from retirement, works through suspects including Bill Haydon (Colin Firth) and Ricki Tarr (Tom Hardy). Alfredson builds the investigation in shadow and silence, letting long pauses carry more weight than exposition, until the geometry of betrayal becomes clear.