Official Secrets poster
Director Gavin Hood
Screenplay Gavin Hood, Sara Bernstein, Gregory Bernstein

Official Secrets

Tagline: Nothing is more dangerous than the truth

Release Date: 2019-08-30

Duration: 112 minutes

Synopsis

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.

Casting

  • Keira Knightley
    Katharine Gun
  • Ralph Fiennes
    Ben Emmerson
  • Matt Smith
    Martin Bright
  • Matthew Goode
    Peter Beaumont
  • Indira Varma
    Shami Chakrabarti
  • Rhys Ifans
    Ed Vulliamy
  • MyAnna Buring
    Jasmine
  • Tamsin Greig
    Elizabeth Wilmshurst
  • Conleth Hill
    Roger Alton
  • Jeremy Northam
    Ken MacDonald