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A cover-up that spanned four U.S. Presidents pushed the country's first female newspaper publisher and a hard-driving editor to join an unprecedented battle between journalist and government. Inspired by true events.


“Nothing is more dangerous than the truth.”
The true story of British intelligence whistleblower Katharine Gun who—prior to the 2003 Iraq invasion—leaked a top-secret NSA memo exposing a joint US-UK illegal spying operation against members of the UN Security Council. The memo proposed blackmailing member states into voting for war.

Keira Knightley
Katharine Gun

Matt Smith
Martin Bright

Ralph Fiennes
Ben Emmerson

Adam Bakri
Yasar Gun

Matthew Goode
Peter Beaumont

Rhys Ifans
Ed Vulliamy

Indira Varma
Shami Chakrabarti

John Heffernan
James Welch

Conleth Hill
Roger Alton

Jack Farthing
Andy Dumfries
Official Secrets is a thriller, history, drama film released in 2019 exploring themes of london, england, washington dc, usa, politics, biography, based on true story, iraq war. Directed by Gavin Hood, it stars Keira Knightley, Matt Smith, Ralph Fiennes. The true story of British intelligence whistleblower Katharine Gun who—prior to the 2003 Iraq invasion—leaked a top-secret NSA memo exposing a joint US-UK illegal spying operation against members of the UN Security Council. The memo proposed blackmailing member states into voting for war.
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