Based on the incredible true story of a businessman turned spy.
Cold War spy Greville Wynne and his Russian source try to put an end to the Cuban Missile Crisis.
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Earnest, classical in form, grave and resolved.
- earnestironic
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- resolvedopen-ended
- contemplativerelentless
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Cast
- Benedict CumberbatchGreville Wynne
- Merab NinidzeOleg Penkovsky
- Rachel BrosnahanEmily Donovan
- Jessie BuckleySheila Wynne
- Angus WrightDickie Franks
- Kirill PirogovGribanov
- Iva ŠindelkováEmbassy Assistant
- Vladimir ChuprikovNikita Khrushchev
- Fred HaigLee
- Emma PenzinaNina
Crew
- Dominic CookeDirector
- Tom O'ConnorScreenplay
- Sean BobbittDirector of Photography
- Abel KorzeniowskiOriginal Music Composer
- Tariq AnwarEditor
- Gareth C. ScalesEditor
- Ben BrowningProducer
- Ben PughProducer
- Adam AcklandProducer
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