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Released
2018 · FILM

Red Joan

Elderly British citizen Joan Stanley fights to clear her name when she's arrested for alleged Cold War espionage, racing against a ruthless intelligence apparatus that will stop at nothing to expose the truth.

To change the world, she betrayed her country

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Runtime
101 min
BiographyDramaHistory

Synopsis

In May 2000, in London, England, the tranquil life of Joan Stanley, an elderly woman, is abruptly interrupted when she is arrested by the British Intelligence Service. She is charged with having provided information to the Soviet Union during the 1940s.

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Principal cast & crew: 20

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Edited by Kristina HetheringtonShot by Zac NicholsonScored by George FentonDesigned by Cristina Casali

Also known as

  • Geheimnis eines Lebensde
  • La espía rojaes
  • Red Joan - Au service secret de Stalinefr

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