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The Defector

An American scientist is sent by the CIA to East Germany to retrieve a secret microfilm from a Soviet scientist interested in defecting to the West but the Stasi secret police's surveillance complicates matters.

1h 40m1966TMDb 5.8

DramaThriller

English

Crew and Cast

Raoul LévyRaoul LévyDirectorMontgomery CliftMontgomery CliftProfessor James BowerHardy KrügerHardy KrügerCounselor Peter HeinzmannMacha MérilMacha MérilFrieda HoffmannDavid OpatoshuDavid OpatoshuOrlovskyChristine DelarocheChristine DelarocheIngrid WeißHannes MessemerHannes MessemerDr. SaltzerKarl LieffenKarl LieffenMajor WindischUta LevkaUta LevkaMädchen unter der DuscheRoddy McDowallRoddy McDowallAgent AdamsJohannes BuzalskiJohannes BuzalskiAgentEckart DuxEckart DuxProfessor James Bower (voice)Jean-Luc GodardJean-Luc GodardOrlovsky's FriendEduard LinkersEduard LinkersFluchthelfer Franz Ritter
Franz RudnickDr. Saltzer (voice)Rolf ZacherRolf ZacherTommy

Storyline

An American scientist is sent by the CIA to East Germany to retrieve a secret microfilm from a Soviet scientist interested in defecting to the West but the Stasi secret police's surveillance complicates matters.

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Info

Original title
L'espion
Status
Released
Released
19 October 1966
Runtime
1h 40m
TMDB score
5.8 / 10 (9 votes)

Production

Director
Raoul Lévy
Writers
Paul Thomas, Robert Guenette, Raoul Lévy
Studios
Rhein Main, Productions et Éditions Cinématographiques Françaises
Countries
France, Germany

Languages

Original
English
Spoken
English, German