The Courier is a true-life spy thriller, the story of an unassuming British businessman Greville Wynne recruited into one of the greatest international conflicts in history. At the behest of the UK’s MI-6 and a CIA operative, 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.
The film is directed by Dominic Cooke, stars Benedict Cumberbatch, Rachel Brosnahan, Jessie Buckley, Merab Ninidzeg, Angus Wright, and Kirill Pirogov.
