Visible crew/equipment: In the scene on the runway a sound man with a boom mike is reflected in Smiley's glasses.
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011)
1 visible crew/equipment mistake - chronological order
Directed by: Tomas Alfredson
Starring: Gary Oldman, Colin Firth, Benedict Cumberbatch, Tom Hardy, Mark Strong
Genres: Thriller
Factual error: Control seems to have left behind some turntable package material for a deck called Dual CS 505-1. This model, however, only went to production in 1981.
George Smiley: We are not so very different, you and I. We've both spent our lives looking for the weaknesses in one each other's systems.
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Question: Why were the British singing the Russian national anthem during the Christmas party scene?
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Answer: As this story was set during the Cold War era, this was a deliberate mockery of the Soviet Union and its policies against holiday celebration and religious freedom. The entire story revolves around the prospect of a Russian Mole among the British Secret Service and Intelligence Community-at that moment, complete with a mocking Stalin Santa Claus, they were letting off steam against their reviled rivals.
Erik M.