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Nothing is more dangerous than the truth

Official Secrets

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.

Credits

Official Secrets Cast

Name Character
Keira Knightley She was 34, now 39 years old as Katharine Gun
Ralph Fiennes He was 56, now 62 years old as Ben Emmerson
Indira Varma She was 45, now 51 years old as Shami Chakrabarti
Conleth Hill He was 54, now 60 years old as Roger Alton
Tamsin Greig She was 53, now 58 years old as Elizabeth Wilmshurst
Kenneth Cranham He was 74, now 80 years old as Judge Hyam
Hattie Morahan She was 41, now 46 years old as Yvonne Ridley
MyAnna Buring She was 39, now 45 years old as Jasmine
Rhys Ifans He was 51, now 56 years old as Ed Vulliamy
George W. Bush He was 73, now 78 years old as Himself (archival footage)
Clive Francis He was 73, now 78 years old as Rear Admiral Nick Wilkinson
Matthew Goode He was 41, now 46 years old as Peter Beaumont
Ray Panthaki He was 40, now 45 years old as Kamal Ahmed
Jeremy Northam He was 57, now 63 years old as Ken MacDonald
Matt Smith He was 36, now 42 years old as Martin Bright
Monica Dolan She was 50, now 55 years old as Fiona Bygate
Shaun Dooley He was 45, now 50 years old as John
Tony Blair He was 66, now 71 years old as Himself (archival footage)
Katherine Kelly She was 39, now 45 years old as Jacqueline Jones
Peter Guinness He was 69, now 74 years old as TinTin
John Heffernan He was 38, now 43 years old as James Welch
Chris Larkin He was 52, now 57 years old as Nigel Jones

Official Secrets Crew

Name Department
Florian Hoffmeister as Director of Photography. He was 49 (now 54) years old Camera
Paul Hepker as Original Music Composer. He was 51 (now 57) years old Sound
Mark Kilian as Original Music Composer. Sound
Megan Gill as Editor. Editing
Kate Dowd as Casting. Production
Gavin Hood as Director. He was 56 (now 61) years old Directing
Gavin Hood as Screenplay. He was 56 (now 61) years old Writing
Gregory Bernstein as Screenplay. He was 64 (now 69) years old Writing
Elizabeth Fowler as Producer. Production
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Nothing is more dangerous than the truth

  • Release day: Friday, August 30, 2019
  • Runtime: 112 minutes