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This is not bad, but some divergences to the better <Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy>[BBC miniseries], which presumably sticks more closely to the novel:
* in the film Jim Prideaux is captured in a cafe in Prague, in the series it's in the woods. It is therefore much more plausible that he would have been shot.
* in the film Peter Guillam is played by Benedict Cumberbatch, who feels a bit young to be Ricki Tarr's boss. Not impossible, but still.
* the series is much less chronological, and more flashback based, as new information becomes available. The film is more chronological, which makes it easier to understand, but less interesting at the same time.
* in the film they shoot the Russian girl Irina in front of Jim, in the series the fact that she was shot is only known through other sources. The film has more eye candy, which weakens it.
* Toby Esterhase is not threatened in an airfield, only in a safe ;house in London.

Related:
* https://www.reddit.com/r/TrueFilm/comments/s5f3f1/tinker_tailor_soldier_spy_2011_is_the_best_spy/


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