UK,
1996, 95 min
Directed by:
Christopher HamptonScreenplay:
Christopher HamptonCinematography:
Denis LenoirComposer:
Philip GlassCast:
Bob Hoskins, Patricia Arquette, Gérard Depardieu, Jim Broadbent, Robin Williams, Christian Bale, Eddie Izzard, Peter Vaughan, Julian Wadham (more)Plots(1)
The life of an undercover Russian agent, posing as a quiet shopkeeper in London in order to infiltrate a ring of anarchists, is thrown into turmoil when his employers order him to plant a bomb at the Greenwich Observatory. (official distributor synopsis)
Cast
![Bob Hoskins](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/236/164236169_48a1b3.jpg)
Bob Hoskins
UK
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Pink Floyd: The Wall (1982)
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![Patricia Arquette](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/437/164437929_62d658.jpg)
Patricia Arquette
USA
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Ed Wood (1994)
Lost Highway (1997)
True Romance (1993)
![Gérard Depardieu](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/529/160529108_0a4e75.png)
Gérard Depardieu
France
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![Jim Broadbent](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/428/164428575_19c073.png)
Jim Broadbent
UK
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![Robin Williams](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/996/163996828_09b209.png)
Robin Williams
USA
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![Christian Bale](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/166/684/166684963_5c701f.jpg)
Christian Bale
UK
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![Eddie Izzard](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/325/159325861_754f41.jpg)
Eddie Izzard
Yemen
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![Peter Vaughan](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/272/272527_c65377.jpg)
Peter Vaughan
UK
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![Julian Wadham](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/477/477241_a34452.jpg)
Julian Wadham
UK
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![Elizabeth Spriggs](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/064/158064349_0e19f6.jpg)
Elizabeth Spriggs
UK
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![Roger Hammond](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/116/160116672_427531.jpg)
Roger Hammond
UK
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Fred Wood
UK
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The Elephant Man (1980)
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