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The Defector (1966)
Directed by Raoul Lévy
Drama, Thriller · 1h 40m
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.
Cast
Montgomery Clift
Professor James Bower
Hardy Krüger
Counselor Peter Heinzmann
Macha Méril
Frieda Hoffmann
David Opatoshu
Orlovsky
Christine Delaroche
Ingrid Weiß
Hannes Messemer
Dr. Saltzer
Karl Lieffen
Major Windisch
Uta Levka
Mädchen unter der Dusche
Roddy McDowall
Agent Adams
Johannes Buzalski
Agent (uncredited)
Eckart Dux
Professor James Bower (voice) (uncredited)
Jean-Luc Godard
Orlovsky's Friend (uncredited)
Crew
- Director
- Raoul Lévy
- Screenplay
- Robert Guenette, Raoul Lévy
- Novel
- Paul Thomas
- Director of Photography
- Raoul Coutard
- Original Music Composer
- Serge Gainsbourg
- Editor
- Albert Jurgenson
- Producer
- Raoul Lévy
Details
- Original title
- L'espion
- Release date
- 1966-10-19
- Runtime
- 1h 40m
- Genres
- Drama, Thriller
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English, German
- Countries
- France, Germany
- Production
- Rhein Main, Productions et Éditions Cinématographiques Françaises