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Benedict Cumberbatch

Merab Ninidze

Rachel Brosnahan

Jessie Buckley

Angus Wright

Kirill Pirogov

Iva Šindelková

Vladimir Chuprikov

Fred Haig

Emma Penzina

Mariya Mironova

Anton Lesser

Miles Richardson

Keir Hills

Petr Klimeš

Zeljko Ivanek

David Bark-Jones

Benny Maslov

Marián Chalány

Alice Orr-Ewing

Oliver Johnstone

Andruscha Hilscher

Olga Koch

Jonathan Harden

Elina Alminas

Eysteinn Sigurdarson

Richard Glaves

Aleš Bílík

Laurel Lefkow

Ondřej Malý

Andrey Kurganov

James Schofield

Kemal Shah

Sean Bobbitt

Keith Madden

Gareth C. Scales

Suzie Davies

Arwa Salmanova

Tariq Anwar

Josh Varney

Leah Clarke

Alison Cohen

Milan Popelka

Ben Browning

Glen Basner

Dominic Cooke

Ashley Fox

Ben Pugh

Donald Sabourin

Kevin Day

Abel Korzeniowski

Tom O'Connor

Rory Aitken

Adam Ackland

Klára Capková

Daniel Kearns

Alena Garetovskaya

Joseph Stracey

Jan Kalous

Nina Gold

Marek Forreiter

Donald McInnes

Robert Ireland

James Gregory

Paul Hanks

Simon Trundle

Kim Kasim

John Mooney

Charlotte Dirickx

Karen Hartley-Thomas

Andrea Koutkova

Chris Lyons

Robert Farr

Matthew Bell

Bogdan Kumšackij

Cumberbatch shines in this 1960's Cold War spy thriller. This movie is worth watching just for Cumberbatch's performance alone (this is probably his best so far), but he is also backed up by the talented Brosnahan and Ninidze.  

This film doesnt run at a fast pace, but if you have patience, it is a little known and extremely rewarding part of history. (More Bridge of Spies than Tom Clancy).

Well made and suspense-filled historical-thriller with another great performance from Benedict Cumberbatch. Doesn't exactly have an emotional impact but still well worth checking out. **3.75/5**

Excellent!

It's not quite '<a href="https://letterboxd.com/film/bridge-of-spies/" rel="nofollow">Bridge of Spies</a>', but 'The Courier' is too an awesome MI6/CIA/KGB infused flick. The two films tell tales regarding the Cold War, with the 2015 release narrowly a notch above this. Both have outstanding lead performances though.

Benedict Cumberbatch is magnificent throughout, especially towards the end - the bald look suits him incredibly well, I must say... need him in a drug kingpin sorta role looking like that! In all seriousness though, I think this is my favourite Cumberbatch performance (from what I've seen thus far) - utterly brilliant!

Merab Ninidze (also in BoS, albeit minorly) also puts in a top display, as he does in television's '<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McMafia" rel="nofollow">McMafia</a>'. Jessie Buckley also gives a performance of note, which says a lot about her acting abilities given she doesn't feature all that heavily.

Astutely paced, builds terrific tension and features some cracking acting. Fantastic film!

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Jessie Buckley

Angus Wright

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Vladimir Chuprikov

Fred Haig

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