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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
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- spy film
- Country of origin
- West Germany
- Original language
- English language
- Director
- Raoul Lévy
- Screenwriter
- Montgomery Clift
- Cast member
- Jean-Luc Godard
- Composer
- Serge Gainsbourg
- Cinematographer
- Raoul Coutard
- Narrative location
- Germany
- Duration
- 106
- FilmAffinity ID
- 344898
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- publication date
- 1966-01-01
- title
- The Defector
- production designer
- Pierre Guffroy
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