The Defector
L'espion
Drama
Thriller
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.
1966-10-19
en
Cast
Director
Raoul Lévy
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
Karl Lieffen as Major Windisch
Uta Levka as Mädchen unter der Dusche
Roddy McDowall as Agent Adams
Johannes Buzalski as Agent (uncredited)
Eckart Dux as Professor James Bower (voice) (uncredited)
Jean-Luc Godard as Orlovsky's Friend (uncredited)
Eduard Linkers as Fluchthelfer Franz Ritter (uncredited)
Rolf Zacher as Tommy (uncredited)