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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 · Based on a novel inspired by a true story, the film follows Joan Stanley, a Soviet sympathizer who spied for the KGB for over 50 years. Judi Dench stars as the older Joan, who is arrested for treason in 2000, and Sophie Cookson as the young Joan who joins the atomic bomb project.
- (14K)
- Biography, Drama, History
- Trevor Nunn
- 2019-04-19
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 younger Joan and her romantic and political awakening.
Red Joan is a film based on a true story of a British scientist who spied for the Soviets for decades. The critics are divided on its quality, but you can watch the trailer and rent or buy it online.
- (150)
- Trevor Nunn
- R
- Judi Dench
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
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.
When an unassuming elderly widow is arrested for treason, her tangled secret past as the KGB's longest-serving British spy is exposed. Watch trailers & learn more.
