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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.
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Cast
- Montgomery Clift as Professor James Bower
- Hardy Krüger as Counselor Peter Heinzmann
- Macha Méril as Frieda Hoffmann
- David Opatoshu as Orlovsky
- Christine Delaroche as Ingrid Weiß
- Hannes Messemer as Dr. Saltzer
- Karl Lieffen as Major Windisch
- Uta Levka as Mädchen unter der Dusche
- Roddy McDowall as Agent Adams
- Johannes Buzalski as Agent (uncredited)
- Eckart Dux as Professor James Bower (voice) (uncredited)
- Jean-Luc Godard as Orlovsky's Friend (uncredited)
Details
- Director
- Raoul Lévy
- Released
- October 19, 1966
- Runtime
- 1h 40m
- Genres
- Drama, Thriller
- Studio
- Rhein Main and Productions et Éditions Cinématographiques Françaises
- Status
- Released
- TMDB score
- 5.8 / 10 from 9 votes
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