The Courier (2020)

Directed by

Dominic Cooke

Genre

drama film

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

1h 51m

Rated

PG-13

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 1,352 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

In the 1960s, a British businessman is recruited by the Secret Intelligence Service to secretly carry messages from a Russian spy source. Based on a true story, it follows his dangerous mission during the Cold War.

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What happens

The Courier is a 2020 historical spy film directed by Dominic Cooke and written by Tom O'Connor. The film stars Benedict Cumberbatch as Greville Wynne, and is based on the true story of a British businessman who was recruited by the Secret Intelligence Service to be a message conduit with Russian spy source Oleg Penkovsky (played by Merab Ninidze) in the 1960s. Rachel Brosnahan, Jessie Buckley, and Angus Wright also star. The Courier had its world premiere under its original title Ironbark at the Sundance Film Festival on 24 January 2020, and was theatrically released in the United States on 19 March 2021, and the United Kingdom on 13 August 2021. The film received generally favourable reviews from critics. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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