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Red Joan is a 2018 British spy drama film, directed by Trevor Nunn, from a screenplay by Lindsay Shapero. The film stars Sophie Cookson , Stephen Campbell Moore , Tom Hughes , Ben Miles , Nina Sosanya , Tereza Srbova , and Judi Dench .
Apr 19, 2019 · Red Joan is a 2018 biographical drama based on the novel by Jennie Rooney. It tells the story of Joan Stanley, a Soviet agent who transferred nuclear secrets to Russia for over 50 years.
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- Biography, Drama, History
- Trevor Nunn
- 2019-04-19
Apr 19, 2019 · In the film, Norwood's character, named Joan, is a Cambridge physics graduate who begins to work as a secretary for the team working on the atomic bomb for the British. She connects with...
- Jo-Anne Rowney
A fascinating real-life story dramatized in perplexingly dull fashion, Red Joan wastes its tale's incredible intrigue -- as well as the formidable talents of Judi Dench. Read Critics Reviews ...
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- Trevor Nunn
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- Judi Dench
Apr 19, 2019 · A based-on-a-true-story spy thriller, Trevor Nunn’s conventional yet sneakily absorbing “Red Joan” eases into the familiar mold of “The Imitation Game” at once. As it toggles between two separate eras, Nunn’s period piece frames its story by introducing us to the 80-something Joan Stanley first.
Cut to 1938 where Joan is a Cambridge physics student who falls for young communist Leo Galich and through him, begins to see the world in a new light. Working at a top-secret nuclear research...
- 2 min
- 2M
- LionsgateFilmsUK
Synopsis. The young Joan Smith (Sophie Cookson) is studying physics at Cambridge University in 1938. She becomes involved with Communists and radical politics through her friends, Sonya (Tereza Srbova) and Leo Galich (Tom Hughes), German Jews. Sonya is an orphan and stays at the same hostel as Joan.
