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The Defector

Raoul Lévy

1966 • 1h 40m

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 complicat...

The Defector

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Cast

Montgomery Clift

Montgomery CliftProfessor James Bower

Hardy Krüger

Hardy KrügerCounselor Peter Heinzmann

Macha Méril

Macha MérilFrieda Hoffmann

David Opatoshu

David OpatoshuOrlovsky

Christine Delaroche

Christine DelarocheIngrid Weiß

Hannes Messemer

Hannes MessemerDr. Saltzer

Karl Lieffen

Karl LieffenMajor Windisch

Uta Levka

Uta LevkaMädchen unter der Dusche

Roddy McDowall

Roddy McDowallAgent Adams

Johannes Buzalski

Johannes BuzalskiAgent (uncredited)

Eckart Dux

Eckart DuxProfessor James Bower (voice) (uncredited)

Jean-Luc Godard

Jean-Luc GodardOrlovsky's Friend (uncredited)

Eduard Linkers

Eduard LinkersFluchthelfer Franz Ritter (uncredited)

Franz RudnickDr. Saltzer (voice) (uncredited)

Rolf Zacher

Rolf ZacherTommy (uncredited)

Crew

Raoul Lévy

Raoul LévyDirector

Raoul Coutard

Raoul CoutardDirector of Photography

Serge Gainsbourg

Serge GainsbourgOriginal Music Composer

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