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Directed by | Trevor Nunn |
Written by | Lindsay Shapero |
Produced by | David Parfitt |
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Cinematography | Zac Nicholson |
Edited by | Kristina Hetherington |
Music by | George Fenton |
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Distributed by | Lionsgate |
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Running time | 101 minutes |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Box office | $9.8 million[1][2] |
Red Joan is a 2018 British spy drama film, directed by Trevor Nunn, from a screenplay by Lindsay Shapero. The film stars Sophie Cookson, Stephen Campbell Moore, Tom Hughes, Ben Miles, Nina Sosanya, Tereza Srbova, and Judi Dench.
The film is based on a novel of the same name written by Jennie Rooney, which was itself inspired by the life of Melita Norwood.[3] Norwood worked at the British Non-Ferrous Metals Research Association as a secretary and supplied the Soviet Union with nuclear secrets.[4] The information that Norwood betrayed to the Soviets hastened the pace at which they developed nuclear bomb technology.[5]
Red Joan had its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival on 7 September 2018 and was released on 19 April 2019, by Lionsgate in the United Kingdom.