Directed by:
Dominic CookeScreenplay:
Tom O'ConnorCinematography:
Sean BobbittComposer:
Abel KorzeniowskiCast:
Benedict Cumberbatch, Merab Ninidze, Rachel Brosnahan, Jessie Buckley, Angus Wright, Кирилл Пирогов, Anton Lesser, Željko Ivanek, Alice Orr-Ewing (more)Plots(1)
The Courier is a true-life spy thriller, the story of an unassuming British businessman Greville Wynne (Benedict Cumberbatch) recruited into one of the greatest international conflicts in history. At the behest of the UK's MI-6 and a CIA operative (Rachel Brosnahan), he forms a covert, dangerous partnership with Soviet officer Oleg Penkovsky (Merab Ninidze) in an effort to provide crucial intelligence needed to prevent a nuclear confrontation and defuse the Cuban Missile Crisis. (Finnkino)
(more)Cast
![Benedict Cumberbatch](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/166/211/166211759_670f1e.jpg)
Benedict Cumberbatch
UK
Best movies:
Frankenstein (2011) (theatrical recording)
Sherlock (2010) (series)
Hamlet (2015) (theatrical recording)
![Merab Ninidze](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/649/158649547_c84e01.jpg)
Merab Ninidze
Soviet Union
Best movies:
Repentance (1984)
Nowhere in Africa (2001)
Bridge of Spies (2015)
![Rachel Brosnahan](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/712/163712209_7d0def.jpg)
Rachel Brosnahan
USA
Best movies:
Patriots Day (2016)
Spies in Disguise (2019)
The Courier (2020)
![Jessie Buckley](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/780/164780781_54f678.jpg)
Jessie Buckley
Ireland
Best movies:
Chernobyl (2019) (series)
Endeavour (2012) (series)
War and Peace (2016) (series)
![Angus Wright](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/974/163974990_d3511b.jpg)
Angus Wright
USA
Best movies:
Endeavour (2012) (series)
The Way We Live Now (2001) (series)
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016)
![Кирилл Пирогов](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/499/159499551_ffcf1e.jpg)
Кирилл Пирогов
Soviet Union
Best movies:
Admiral (2009) (series)
Doctor Zhivago (2005) (series)
Azazel (2002) (TV movie)
![Anton Lesser](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/218/162218512_e609c4.jpg)
Anton Lesser
UK
Best movies:
Endeavour (2012) (series)
The Hollow Crown (2012) (series)
Ripper Street (2012) (series)
![Željko Ivanek](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/275/275833_cbf538.jpg)
Željko Ivanek
Yugoslavia
Best movies:
Black Hawk Down (2001)
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017)
Dogville (2003)
![Alice Orr-Ewing](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/585/158585043_68e141.jpg)
Alice Orr-Ewing
UK
Best movies:
Endeavour (2012) (series)
Atonement (2007)
Agatha Christie: Poirot (1989) (series)
![Vladimir Chuprikov](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/628/162628356_b769c1.jpg)
Vladimir Chuprikov
Soviet Union
Best movies:
The Courier (2020)
Gagarin: First in Space (2013)
Sheep and Wolves: Pig Deal (2018)
![Eysteinn Sigurðarson](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/404/162404090_c82abe.png)
Eysteinn Sigurðarson
Best movies:
The Courier (2020)
![Aleš Bílík](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/575/164575647_9a58d1.jpg)
Aleš Bílík
Best movies:
One Life (2023)
Doktor Faustus (2016) (theatrical recording)
Justice (2017) (series)
![Zdeněk Pecha](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/242/161242749_6a2bad.png)
Zdeněk Pecha
Best movies:
Actor (2020) (series)
Vosto5: Pérák (2020) (theatrical recording)
Eyewitness (2021)
Lina Alminas
Best movies:
Ex Machina (2014)
Cinderella (2015)
The Courier (2020)
![Petr Klimeš](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/011/160011817_d6d7bb.jpg)
Petr Klimeš
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Cops and Robbers (2001) (series)
The Courier (2020)
The Painted Bird (2019)
![Andrey Kurganov](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/731/164731030_d9f222.jpg)
Andrey Kurganov
Best movies:
The Courier (2020)
The Red Ghost (2020)
![Marián Chalány](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/349/164349867_043d70.jpg)
Marián Chalány
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Pardon (2018)
The Courier (2020)
Česká měna (2011) (theatrical recording)
![David Bark-Jones](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/924/159924230_add3a5.jpg)
David Bark-Jones
UK
Best movies:
RocknRolla (2008)
Borg vs. McEnroe (2017)
The Courier (2020)
Miles Richardson
UK
Best movies:
The Remains of the Day (1993)
The Best Offer (2013)
The Inspector Lynley Mysteries: A Suitable Vengeance (2003) (TV movie)
![Iva Šindelková](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/742/162742328_4e41cf.jpg)
Iva Šindelková
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Jojo Rabbit (2019)
Anthropoid (2016)
Borg vs. McEnroe (2017)