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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Commentary (films not included). Pages: 28. Chapters: Atout coeur a Tokyo pour OSS 117, Banco a Bangkok pour OSS 117, Bons baisers de Hong Kong, Children of Mata Hari, Company Man (film), Coplan Saves His Skin, Espion, leve-toi, Eye of the Widow, Furia a Bahia pour OSS 117, L'affaire Farewell, L'honorable Stanislas, agent secret, La Cage aux Folles II, La Totale , Les Espions, Le Magnifique, Le Professionnel, Le Tigre aime la chair fraiche, Man from Cocody, Marie-Chantal contre le docteur Kha, Mision Lisboa, Mission to Caracas, Nick Carter and Red Club, Night Flight from Moscow, OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies, OSS 117: Lost in Rio, Our Agent Tiger, Passeport diplomatique agent K 8, Pleins feux sur Stanislas, S.A.S. a San Salvador, That Man in Istanbul, The Defector (film), The Patriots (film), The Road to Corinthe, The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (film), Urban Wolf. Excerpt: Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy is a 2011 Anglo-French espionage film directed by Tomas Alfredson. The screenplay was written by Bridget O'Connor and Peter Straughan based on the 1974 novel Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy by John le Carre. The film stars Gary Oldman as George Smiley, and co-stars Colin Firth, Tom Hardy, John Hurt, Toby Jones, Mark Strong, Benedict Cumberbatch and Ciaran Hinds. Set in London in the early 1970s, the story follows the hunt for a Soviet double agent at the top of the British secret service. The film was produced through the British company Working Title Films and financed by France's StudioCanal. It premiered in competition at the 68th Venice International Film Festival. The film was a critical and commercial success and was the highest-grossing film at the British box office for three consecutive weeks. At the 84th Academy Awards, the film received three nominations: the Academy Award for Best Adapted...