Our Kind of Traitor

The spy thriller is based on the book by John le Carré, the author of "The Devoted Gardener", "Spy Get Out!" With Gary Oldman, "Super Dangerous" with Philip Seymour Hoffman, "The Night Manager" with Tom Hiddleston and Hugh Laurie. Perry and his girlfriend Gail were vacationing in Morocco when they met Dima from Russia. A new acquaintance invited Perry to a friendly tennis match. It soon turns out that Dima is connected to the Russian mafia, and the new boss wishes him and his family dead. The only hope for salvation is to pass information about corruption in the heart of London to the British intelligence services through Perry. The hero agrees to help, thereby getting involved in the dangerous games of the Russian mafia and special services. Read more Initially, the director of the film "A Traitor Like Us" could be the laureate of the Cannes Film Festival, Justin Kurzel. On his account, the crime drama "Snowy City", "10 Moments of Fate" with Cate Blanchett and the military drama "Macbeth". But in the end, the director's chair went to Suzanne White, who directed "My Horrible Nanny 2" with Emma Thompson and several series: "Cold House", "Underground Empire", "Billions" and others. Evan McGregor, Damien Lewis, Stellan Skarsgård, Naomie Harris, Jeremy Northam, Mark Gatiss, Saskia Reeves and others took part in the filming of the spy thriller. The role of Dima could not be played by Skarsgård, but by Ralph Fiennes. In addition, Mads Mikkelsen was also listed in the list of actors of the film "A Traitor Like Us". Naomie Harris, who played Manny Penny in the latest James Bond films, became the fourth actor of the franchise to take part in the filming of films based on the books of John le Carré. The screenwriter of Suzanne White's thriller "A Traitor Like Us", Hussein Amini, worked on such popular films as "Four Feathers" with Heath Ledger, "Drive" with Ryan Gosling, "Snow White and the Huntsman", "47 Ronin" and others. Filming of the film began in March 2014 and lasted for ten weeks. The venues were London, Bern, Paris, the French Alps, Marrakesh and Finland.