A Spy Among Friends (TV Miniseries)

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Original title: A Spy Among Friends
Year: 2022
Running time: 55 min.
Country: United States
Director: Nick Murphy
Screenwriter: Alexander Cary. Book: Ben Macintyre
Music: Dustin O'Halloran
Cinematography: Nanu Segal
Cast: Guy Pearce, Damian Lewis, Anna Maxwell Martin, Adrian Edmondson, Stephen Kunken, Nicholas Rowe, Karel Roden, Monika Gossmann, Anastasia Hille, Lucy Akhurst, Lucy Russell
Producer: Co-production United States-United Kingdom;
BritBox, Independent Television (ITV), Sony Pictures Television, Spectrum, Veritas Entertainment Group. Distributor: MGM+
Genre: TV Series. Drama. Thriller | TV Miniseries
Synopsis: In England in 1963, Nicholas Elliott (Lewis) works for MI6 as an intelligence officer but is left in turmoil when he learns his close friend and colleague Kim Philby (Pearce) had been secretly working as a double agent for the KGB and has defected to the Soviet Union. Based on the New York Times best-selling book written by Ben Macintyre.

Critics' reviews

"It's a role Lewis plays beautifully —and one whose enigmatic qualities speak to the eternal power of spy stories"

Daniel D'Addario: Variety
"The three central performances from Maxwell Martin, Lewis, and Pearce hold it together, and this spy —and friendship— story is anything but by the book"

Emma Fraser: The Playlist
"An elegant Cold War thriller"

Manuel Betancourt: AV Club
"[It] has strong storytelling, but lacks in originality"

Cristina Escobar: rogerebert.com
"Despite diverging from reality, the important truth 'A Spy Among Friends' gets right is the complications that plague even matters as serious as betrayal"

Shane Ryan: Paste Magazine
"Terrific cast, disappointing material (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"

Nick Curtis: London Evening Standard
"A cerebral and fiendish remix of the Kim Philby tale. Damian Lewis and Guy Pearce are magnificent in a satisfyingly complex drama which focuses on Philby's escape to Beirut in 1963 (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"

Jasper Rees: Telegraph
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