Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011)
Directed by Tomas Alfredson
A botched operation in Budapest leaves British intelligence hunting a Soviet mole, and the retired George Smiley pieces it together in London from leads in Istanbul and Paris.
- Travel shown
- On foot, bike, skis or swimming
- Not shown on screen
- Fictional place
- 1Café meeting≈ 00:01:00Budapest, HungaryStated on screen
Prideaux walks into a trap at a meeting with a Hungarian general and is shot.
- 1Istanbul, Turkey≈ 00:50:00Stated on screen
Tarr falls for a Soviet agent who offers to name the mole, but she is snatched away.
- 2The Circus≈ 00:08:00London, EnglandStated on screen
Control and Smiley are forced out of British intelligence.
- 3Smiley's investigation≈ 00:15:00London, EnglandStated on screen
Smiley comes out of retirement, Tarr turns up in hiding, and Guillam steals files from the Circus.
- 4Paris station≈ 01:45:00Paris, FranceStated on screen
- 5Operation Witchcraft safe house≈ 01:52:00London, EnglandStated on screen
- 6The Circus training centre≈ 01:58:00Sarratt, Hertfordshire, EnglandInferred
The journey in numbers
- Distance travelled
- 4,321 km
- Places
- 5
- Countries
- 4
- Stops
- 7
- Not shown: 4,321 km
Distances are measured in a straight line between stops, so real road distances are longer.
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