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Official Secrets

Official Secrets

Nothing is more dangerous than the truth.

20197.21h 52m

Overview

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.

Directed by Gavin Hood
Written by Gavin Hood, Sara Bernstein, Gregory Bernstein
Produced by Elizabeth Fowler, Melissa Shiyu Zuo, Ged Doherty
Box Office0Revenue: $10.1M

Top Cast

Keira Knightley

Keira Knightley

Katharine Gun

Matt Smith

Matt Smith

Martin Bright

Ralph Fiennes

Ralph Fiennes

Ben Emmerson

Adam Bakri

Adam Bakri

Yasar Gun

Matthew Goode

Matthew Goode

Peter Beaumont

Rhys Ifans

Rhys Ifans

Ed Vulliamy

Indira Varma

Indira Varma

Shami Chakrabarti

John Heffernan

John Heffernan

James Welch

Conleth Hill

Conleth Hill

Roger Alton

Jack Farthing

Jack Farthing

Andy Dumfries

Themes & Keywords

london, englandwashington dc, usapoliticsbiographybased on true storyiraq warcalmwhistleblower2000sadmiring

About Official Secrets

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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