Topaz

1969 film directed by Alfred Hitchcock

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Copenhagen, Denmark, 1962. When a high-ranking Soviet official decides to change sides, a French intelligence agent is caught up in a cold, silent and bloody spy war in which his own family will play a decisive role.

Released: 1969-12-17127 minDir: Alfred HitchcockDrama, ThrillerBudget: $4.0MBox office: $6.0M

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Cast

Frederick Stafford as André Devereaux
Dany Robin as Nicole Devereaux
John Vernon as Rico Parra
Karin Dor as Juanita de Córdoba
Michel Piccoli as Jacques Granville
Philippe Noiret as Henri Jarre

Themes

new york city
husband wife relationship
paris, france
based on novel or book
copenhagen, denmark
cold war
cuban revolution
cuban missile crisis
spy ring
1960s

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Ratings

IMDb

6.2/10

20,404 votes

Rotten Tomatoes

68%

Year: 1969
Runtime: 143 min
Genres: Drama, Thriller
Rated: M/PG
Awards: 3 wins & 1 nomination total

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Key facts

Directed by: Alfred Hitchcock
Screenplay by: Samuel A. Taylor
Based on: Topaz , by Leon Uris
Produced by: Alfred Hitchcock
Starring: Frederick Stafford Dany Robin John Vernon Karin Dor Claude Jade Michel Subor Michel Piccoli Philippe Noiret Roscoe Lee Browne John Forsythe
Cinematography: Jack Hildyard
Edited by: William H. Ziegler
Music by: Maurice Jarre
Production company: Universal Pictures
Distributed by: Universal Pictures
Release date: December 19, 1969 ( 1969-12-19 ) (US)
Running time: 126 minutes, (theatrical cut) , 143 minutes, (extended cut)
Country: United States
Language: English
Budget: $6 million
Box office: $6 million

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Wikidata facts

Duration: 120
FilmAffinity ID: 924594
Image: Topaz wounded Subor Jade Robin.jpg

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Commons category: Topaz (1969 film)
publication date: 1970-01-11
title: Topaz
capital cost: 4000000
review score: 69%

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Theatrical trailer. Topaz is a 1969 American espionage thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock, and starring Frederick Stafford, Dany Robin, Karin Dor, John Vernon, Claude Jade, Michel Subor, Michel Piccoli, Philippe Noiret and John Forsythe. Based on the 1967 novel of the same title by Leon Uris, the film is about a French intelligence agent (Stafford) who becomes entangled in Cold War politics before the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis and then the breakup of an international Soviet spy ring.

The story is loosely based on the 1962 Sapphire Affair, which involved the head of France's SDECE in the United States, the spy Philippe Thyraud de Vosjoli, a friend of Uris, who played an important role in "helping the U.S. discover the presence of Russian offensive missiles in Cuba."