
The Spy Who Came in from the Cold (Dramatised)
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Narrated by:
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Simon Russell Beale
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By:
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John le Carré
It is 1962: the height of the Cold War and only months after the building of the Berlin Wall. Alec Leamas is a hard-working, hard-drinking British intelligence officer whose East Berlin network is in tatters. His agents are either on the run or dead, victims of the ruthlessly efficient East German counter-intelligence officer Hans-Dieter Mundt.
Leamas is recalled to London where, to his surprise, instead of being washed up and consigned to a desk he's offered a chance to have his revenge by becoming a pawn in a brilliantly-conceived plot to destroy Mundt. But in order to do so he has to stay out in the cold a little longer...
Starring the award-winning Simon Russell Beale as Smiley, and with a distinguished cast including Brian Cox as Alec Leamas, this tense, compelling dramatisation perfectly captures the atmosphere of le Carré's taut, intricate thriller.
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Best Cold War Spy Novel Ever!
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AUDIBLE 20 REVIEW SWEEPSTAKES ENTRY
Great Story
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What did you love best about The Spy Who Came in from the Cold (Dramatised)?
Excellent acting - intricate plot.Did the plot keep you on the edge of your seat? How?
The surprising ending ( don't want to spoil it) . Also, the characters are engaging - you care what happens to them.What does Simon Russell Beale bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?
Great voice - very human character yet supreme spy.Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?
Yes but can't say for risk of revealing too much!Wonderful dramatization
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Disappointing
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WARNING: do not read while drinking as this will require all of your faculties.
Berlin Wall meets Sherlock Holmes
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Smashing spy story with a surprising twist!
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astounding script
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Superb in Every Way
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Zeke
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My biggest beef with this production is that it wasn't needed. The BBC did a great adaptation with Colin Blakely which was commercially available until recently. That version maintained the mystery within the story better and didn't need a summation at the end explaining exactly what happened in case we didn't get it. I know there's an opinion out there, usually among younger people, that if something is more than 10 years old it should be redone because we can do it better now. This just isn't the case- not for THE SPY WHO CAME IN FROM THE COLD, not for TINKER, TAILOR, SOLDIER, SPY, and from what I've heard so far, SMILEY'S PEOPLE. Newer isn't better. Just newer.
Will this version do in a pinch? Of course, it's a fine production. And more than likely you won't be able to find the older version anyway. Too bad.
As I've said, Brian Cox is wonderful in this. If nothing else listen for him.
Brian Cox is great but...
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