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Red Joan( 2018)

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To change the world, she betrayed her country

Overview

London, England, May 2000. The peaceful life of elderly Joan Stanley is suddenly disrupted when she is arrested by the British Intelligence Service and accused of providing information to communist Russia during the forties.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Judi Dench

      Joan Elizabeth Stanley

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      Sophie Cookson

      Young Joan Elizabeth Stanley

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      Tom Hughes

      Leo Galich

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      Tereza Srbova

      Sonya Galich

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      Stephen Campbell Moore

      Max

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      Ben Miles

      Nick

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      Nina Sosanya

      Ms. Hart

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      Laurence Spellman

      Mr Adams

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      Nicola Sloane

      Joan's Neighbor

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      Freddie Gaminara

      William

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      Raj Swamy

      Kharak

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      Adrian Wheeler

      Heckler

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      Lulu Meissner

      Waitress

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      Phill Langhorne

      Uniformed Policeman

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      Mike Sykes

      Security Guard

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      Ed Birch

      Donald

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      Debbie Chazen

      Karen

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      Robin Soans

      Clement Attlee

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      Raymond Coulthard

      James Chadwick

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      Simon Ludders

      Naval Captain

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      Stuart Milligan

      Taylor Scott

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      Stephen Boxer

      Peter Kierl

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      Lily Delderfield

      Katya

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      Jessica Delderfield

      Katya

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      Ciarán Owens

      Detective Hughes

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      Kevin Fuller

      Detective Phillips

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      Hasan Dixon

      Police Constable

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      Richard Teverson

      Detective Watson

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      Steven Hillman

      Prison Guard

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      Irfan Shamji

      Journalist

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    A review by CinemaSerf

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    Written by CinemaSerf on Wed May 29 2024
    It may well be inspired by real events but that doesn't stop it flowing like glue most of the time. Dame Judi Dench leads a workmanlike cast with Sophie Cookson playing her younger self; Tom Hughes and Stephen Campbell Moore in the story of a suburban housewife with a treacherous secret past. Sir Trevor Nunn doesn't manage to inject any sort of pace into this and as such it just ends up being another star vehicle for the star who features sparingly. Watchable, if only because it does give you some indications as to how people who felt they were doing the "right thing" in the sixties were easy p...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

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    Keywords

    • london, england
    • based on novel or book
    • atomic bomb
    • cold war
    • world war ii
    • soviet union
    • based on true story
    • cambridge
    • co-workers relationship
    • older man younger woman relationship
    • female spy
    • british secret service
    • physics professor
    • 1940s
    • 1930s
    • communist espionage
    • mother son relationship
    • 2000s