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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
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
Aug 28, 2019 · Jennie Rooney, the author of Red Joan, a novel about a female atomic spy, explains why she changed the true story of Melitta Norwood for her book and the movie adaptation. She also reveals how she researched the MI5 files and the Communist era.
- Jo-Anne Rowney
Jan 16, 2019 · 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
Apr 23, 2019 · Melita Norwood was a long-time Communist who passed nuclear secrets to the Soviet Union for four decades. She was exposed in 1999 after a Cambridge historian uncovered her espionage, but she never faced prosecution.
Apr 28, 2019 · Red Joan tells the story of Joan Stanley, a retiree who is arrested by MI5 after her extraordinary past as a Russian spy comes to light. But is it a true story?
