The Defector
Also known as Defector
1966 film by Raoul Lévy
Film · TMDB
5.8An 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.
Released: 1966-10-19100 minDir: Raoul LévyDrama, Thriller
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
Themes
- german-german border
- renegade
- illegal border crossing