DramaThriller
The Defector
User Score8 votes
55%5.5/10
Release1966→
Runtime1H 40M
LanguageEnglish
StatusReleased
Synopsis
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.
Principal Cast8
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
Media5
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Director
Raoul Lévy
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Keywords
german-german borderrenegadeillegal border crossing
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Countries:FranceGermany
Production:Rhein MainProductions et Éditions Cinématographiques Françaises