The Defector

Original title: L'espion

Duration: 100 min

Release date: 1966-10-19

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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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Montgomery Clift

Montgomery Clift

as Professor James Bower

as Counselor Peter Heinzmann

as Frieda Hoffmann

Christine Delaroche

Christine Delaroche

as Ingrid Weiß

Hannes Messemer

Hannes Messemer

as Major Windisch

as Mädchen unter der Dusche

Johannes Buzalski

Johannes Buzalski

as Agent (uncredited)

as Professor James Bower (voice) (uncredited)

Jean-Luc Godard

Jean-Luc Godard

as Orlovsky's Friend (uncredited)

as Fluchthelfer Franz Ritter (uncredited)

as Dr. Saltzer (voice) (uncredited)

as Tommy (uncredited)

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Director of Photography

Serge Gainsbourg

Serge Gainsbourg

Original Music Composer

Conrad von Molo

Conrad von Molo

Executive Producer

Albert Jurgenson

Albert Jurgenson

Robert Guenette

Robert Guenette

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