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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
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.
- Becky Little
Apr 19, 2019 · A film based on the true story of a British physicist who spied for the Soviets in the 1930s. Judi Dench plays the older Joan, who is arrested and interrogated by the Secret Service, while Sophie Cookson portrays the young Joan's journey of ideology and romance.
Red Joan is a film based on a true story of a British scientist who spied for the Soviets for decades. The movie stars Judi Dench as the older Joan and Sophie Cookson as the young Joan, but critics are divided on its quality and historical accuracy.
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- Drama, Mystery & Thriller, Crime
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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?
