Plot
Academy Award winner Errol Morris pulls back the curtain on the storied life and career of David Cornwell, the former spy known to the literary world as John le Carré.
Cast
John le Carré
Self
Jake Dove
Teenage David Cornwell
Charlotte Hamblin
Olive Cornwell
Garry Cooper
Ronnie Cornwell
Simon Harrison
Kim Philby
Douglas Rankine
Rudolf Hess
Dominik Dervaics
Tony Cornwell
Mike Noble
Adult David Cornwell
Crew
Errol Morris
Director
Errol Morris
Producer
Simon Cornwell
Producer
Errol Morris
Writer
Stephen Cornwell
Producer
Dominic Crossley-Holland
Producer
Paul Leonard-Morgan
Original Music Composer
Philip Glass
Original Music Composer
Steven Hathaway
Producer
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