Movie
Official Secrets
Overview
The true story of British intelligence whistleblower Katharine Gun who—prior to the 2003 Iraq invasion—leaked a top-secret NSA memo exposing a joint US-UK illegal spying operation against members of the UN Security Council. The memo proposed blackmailing member states into voting for war.
Details
- Release date
- 2019-08-30
- Runtime
- 112 min
- Genres
- Thriller, History, Drama
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Clear Pictures Entertainment, Screen Yorkshire, Silver Reel, Classified Films
- Country
- United Kingdom, United States of America, Switzerland
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Keira Knightley as Katharine Gun
- Matt Smith as Martin Bright
- Ralph Fiennes as Ben Emmerson
- Adam Bakri as Yasar Gun
- Matthew Goode as Peter Beaumont
- Rhys Ifans as Ed Vulliamy
- Indira Varma as Shami Chakrabarti
- John Heffernan as James Welch
- Conleth Hill as Roger Alton
- Jack Farthing as Andy Dumfries
- MyAnna Buring as Jasmine
- Peter Guinness as TinTin
Crew
- Gavin Hood - Director
- Gavin Hood - Screenplay
- Sara Bernstein - Screenplay
- Gregory Bernstein - Screenplay
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