The Defector

1966
1h 40m
Drama
Thriller

5.8TMDB(9)

Overview

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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Setting
Set in Germany
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Music
Music by Serge Gainsbourg
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Raoul Coutard
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Details

Director: Raoul Lévy
Writers: Paul ThomasNovel
Robert GuenetteScreenplay
Raoul LévyScreenplay
Original title: L'espion
Status: Released
Release date: October 19, 1966
Original language: English
Countries: France, Germany

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Production

Rhein Main
Productions et Éditions Cinématographiques Françaises

Cast

Montgomery CliftProfessor James Bower
Hardy KrügerCounselor Peter Heinzmann
Macha MérilFrieda Hoffmann
David OpatoshuOrlovsky
Christine DelarocheIngrid Weiß
Hannes MessemerDr. Saltzer
Karl LieffenMajor Windisch
Uta LevkaMädchen unter der Dusche
Roddy McDowallAgent Adams
Johannes BuzalskiAgent (uncredited)
Eckart DuxProfessor James Bower (voice) (uncredited)
Jean-Luc GodardOrlovsky's Friend (uncredited)
Eduard LinkersFluchthelfer Franz Ritter (uncredited)
Franz RudnickDr. Saltzer (voice) (uncredited)
Rolf ZacherTommy (uncredited)