Official Secrets (2019)
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.
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Hollywood, Romance, Thriller
Director: Gavin Hood
Actors: Adam Bakri, Indira Varma, Keira Knightley, Matt Smith, Matthew Goode, MyAnna Buring, Ralph Fiennes, Rhys Ifans
Country: China, Switzerland, UK, USA
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