Drama ·Thriller · France · 1966 · 1h 40m

The Defector

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Director
Raoul Lévy
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
Crew
Raoul Coutard — Director of Photography Albert Jurgenson — Editor Serge Gainsbourg — Original Music Composer Robert Guenette — Screenplay Raoul Lévy — Screenplay Paul Thomas — Novel
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.

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Mood & Themes
german-german borderrenegadeillegal border crossing
Key Collaborators
Raoul Lévy Director Raoul Coutard Director of Photography Albert Jurgenson Editor Serge Gainsbourg Original Music Composer Robert Guenette Screenplay Raoul Lévy Screenplay Paul Thomas Novel Raoul Lévy Producer
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