Alec Leamas

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British intelligence officer fictional character spy

Alec Leamas is a jaded British intelligence officer whose morally complex mission at the height of the Cold War drives the plot of John le Carré’s novel "The Spy Who Came in from the Cold."

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Label Occurrences
Alec Leamas canonical 7

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf British intelligence officer ⓘ
fictional character ⓘ
spy ⓘ
adaptedIn film adaptation of The Spy Who Came in from the Cold ⓘ
affiliation British intelligence ⓘ
alignment Western intelligence ⓘ
appearsIn The Spy Who Came in from the Cold ⓘ
associatedWith Berlin ⓘ
Berlin Wall ⓘ
surface form: the Berlin Wall
characterIn The Spy Who Came in from the Cold ⓘ
characterTrait emotionally guarded ⓘ
professionally competent ⓘ
world-weary ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
createdBy John le Carré ⓘ
creator John le Carré ⓘ
employer British intelligence ⓘ
surface form: British intelligence service
fictionalUniverse John le Carré ⓘ
surface form: John le Carré universe
genre spy fiction ⓘ
ideologicalPosition disillusioned with both sides ⓘ
languageOfWork English ⓘ
literaryMovement realist spy fiction ⓘ
literaryPeriod 20th-century literature ⓘ
literarySignificance iconic Cold War spy figure ⓘ
medium novel ⓘ
missionType counterintelligence operation ⓘ
covert operation ⓘ
moralCharacteristic cynical ⓘ
jaded ⓘ
morally conflicted ⓘ
narrativeFunction explores costs of espionage ⓘ
narrativeRole central character ⓘ
nationality British ⓘ
occupation intelligence officer ⓘ
spy ⓘ
opponent East German Stasi ⓘ
surface form: East German intelligence
portrayedBy Richard Burton ⓘ
publicationContext The Spy Who Came in from the Cold ⓘ
surface form: The Spy Who Came in from the Cold (1963 novel)
role protagonist ⓘ
setting Cold War ⓘ
surface form: Cold War Europe
themeInvolvement betrayal ⓘ
ideological disillusionment ⓘ
moral ambiguity ⓘ
timePeriod Cold War ⓘ
workAuthorNationality British ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

The Spy Who Came in from the Cold → mainCharacter → Alec Leamas ⓘ
Thereza in "The Spy Who Came in from the Cold" → loveInterestOf → Alec Leamas ⓘ
subject surface form: Thereza
Peter Guillam → hasFriend → Alec Leamas ⓘ
Liz Gold → romanticallyInvolvedWith → Alec Leamas ⓘ
Liz Gold → killedAlongside → Alec Leamas ⓘ
The Spy Who Came in from the Cold (1965 film) → leadCharacter → Alec Leamas ⓘ
The Spy Who Came in from the Cold (franchise) → mainCharacter → Alec Leamas ⓘ