Release Date

30 Sep, 2026

Total Episode/Season

1/1

Synopsis

When Alec Leamas, a highly experienced Circus field operative, recruits Doris Quinz, a young and dynamic East German woman, to smuggle high-value Stasi documents into the West, it sets in motion a series of events that threaten to explode in the crucible of Cold War Berlin.

Original Title

Legacy of Spies

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Season 1

When Alec Leamas, a highly experienced Circus field operative, recruits Doris Quinz, a young and dynamic East German woman, to smuggle high-value Stasi documents into the West, it sets in motion a series of events that threaten to explode in the crucible of Cold War Berlin. Pursuing Leamas and Doris are Josef Fiedler and Hans-Dieter Mundt, two Stasi operatives whose ferocious desire to shut down the intelligence leak is matched only by their internal rivalry and an iron will to outmatch each other. Pulled into the action is Liz Gold, an idealistic young woman whose courage and conviction force Leamas to navigate a world where loyalties fracture and betrayal is inevitable. Behind the scenes, the brilliant and taciturn spymaster George Smiley orchestrates operations while the elusive Soviet mastermind Karla looms in the shadows, setting the stage for a conflict that will define a generation.

Actors

Matthew Macfadyen

Charlie Hunnam

Daniel Brühl

Devrim Lingnau

Agnes O'Casey

Felix Kammerer

Dan Stevens

Jake Dunn

Safia Oakley-Green

Ariyon Bakare

Saskia Rosendahl

Patrick Güldenberg

Volker Bruch

Hugh Laurie

Joe Alwyn

Crew

John le Carré

Stephen Cornwell

Graham Yost

Simon Cornwell

Michele Wolkoff

Malte Grunert

Chris Rice

Steve Clark-Hall

Matthew Macfadyen

Charlie Hunnam

Joe Tsai

Arthur Wang

Nick Harkaway

Susanne Bier