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The Pigeon Tunnel

Spans six decades as le Carré gives his final and most personal interview, interrupted with rare archival footage and dramatic anecdotes. It is set against the stormy Cold War backdrop that extends into the present day.

Director

Errol Morris

Year

Genre

documentary, biography

Box Office

N/A

Production

N/A

Awards

2 wins & 7 nominations

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Teenage David Cornwell

Olive Cornwell

Charlotte Hamblin

Ronnie Cornwell

Kim Philby

Young David Cornwell

Young David Cornwell

William Dodgson

Rudolf Hess

Douglas Rankine

Tony Cornwell

Dominik Dervaics

Big Man

Alan Mehdizadeh

MI6 Officer

Adult David Cornwell

Nick Elliott

Zoltán Nagyhegyesi

Austrian Night Manager

MI6 Safecracker

Self

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"Pigeons who were missed or merely winged - The Pigeon Tunnel

"Pigeons who were missed or merely winged

I wasn't a dupe I was invited to dupe other people - The Pigeon Tunnel

I wasn't a dupe I was invited to dupe other people

"So, I am born... - The Pigeon Tunnel

"So, I am born...

"The lid of the boot is locked
from the outside." - The Pigeon Tunnel

"The lid of the boot is locked from the outside."

My mother disappeared
when I was five. - The Pigeon Tunnel

My mother disappeared when I was five.

{\an8}My mother was a mystery. - The Pigeon Tunnel

{\an8}My mother was a mystery.

Do you remember the day she left? - The Pigeon Tunnel

Do you remember the day she left?

So, I imagine it.
I imagine that she did. - The Pigeon Tunnel

So, I imagine it. I imagine that she did.

She said,
"You never brought me orchids." - The Pigeon Tunnel

She said, "You never brought me orchids."

All of a sudden,
we had a real harvest of cash. - The Pigeon Tunnel

All of a sudden, we had a real harvest of cash.

Don't do that again, sonny. - The Pigeon Tunnel

Don't do that again, sonny.

And he counted and counted, - The Pigeon Tunnel

And he counted and counted,

There's a type they were looking for in my day and I fit it perfectly - The Pigeon Tunnel

There's a type they were looking for in my day and I...

Sights which were heart-breaking. - The Pigeon Tunnel

Sights which were heart-breaking.

I felt that on both sides, East and West, - The Pigeon Tunnel

I felt that on both sides, East and West,

Halfway through my tenure
in West Germany, - The Pigeon Tunnel

Halfway through my tenure in West Germany,

The question is whether MI5,
MI6 wanted him to go. - The Pigeon Tunnel

The question is whether MI5, MI6 wanted him to go.

In sober reflection,
the powers that be said, "Thank God." - The Pigeon Tunnel

In sober reflection, the powers that be said, "Thank Go...

Philby's defection
went straight to the heart - The Pigeon Tunnel

Philby's defection went straight to the heart

"Was die Welt im Innersten zusammenhält",
is the line. - The Pigeon Tunnel

"Was die Welt im Innersten zusammenhält", is the l...

The trouble is, that by then, - The Pigeon Tunnel

The trouble is, that by then,

When I read it,
I took it as more deeply existential. - The Pigeon Tunnel

When I read it, I took it as more deeply existential.

The experience
that I have reading le Carré is, - The Pigeon Tunnel

The experience that I have reading le Carré is,

Characters don't actually work
until they've got a bit of you in them. - The Pigeon Tunnel

Characters don't actually work until they've got a...

"I am in the city of Exeter,
walking across a patch of wasteland. - The Pigeon Tunnel

"I am in the city of Exeter, walking across a patch of ...

You hired private detectives
to investigate your father. - The Pigeon Tunnel

You hired private detectives to investigate your father.

By the way, Ronnie sued you! - The Pigeon Tunnel

By the way, Ronnie sued you!

I've never felt I belonged anywhere, - The Pigeon Tunnel

I've never felt I belonged anywhere,

Come on, old friend. It's bedtime. - The Pigeon Tunnel

Come on, old friend. It's bedtime.

{\an8}They had three funerals for him. - The Pigeon Tunnel

{\an8}They had three funerals for him.

But the world runs on fantasy. - The Pigeon Tunnel

But the world runs on fantasy.

"Beneath the inscription
runs a handwritten scrawl." - The Pigeon Tunnel

"Beneath the inscription runs a handwritten scrawl.&quo...

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Spans six decades as le Carré gives his final and most personal interview, interrupted with rare archival footage and dramatic anecdotes. It is set against the stormy Cold War backdrop that extends into the present day.

User Rating: 0.0 (0 ratings)

Director: Errol Morris

Writer: Errol Morris, John le Carré

Production: N/A

Genre: documentary, biography

Year: 2023

MetaScore: N/A/100

ImdbRating: 7.0

BoxOffice: N/A

Released: 20 Oct 2023

Awards: 2 wins & 7 nominations

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