The Defector
5.7
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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Cast
15 people
Montgomery Clift
Professor James Bower
Known for
I Confess
A Place in the Sun
Hardy Krüger
Counselor Peter Heinzmann
Known for
Barry Lyndon
Hatari!
Macha Méril
Frieda Hoffmann
Known for
Deep Red
Vagabond
David Opatoshu
Orlovsky
Known for
Masada
Torn Curtain
Christine Delaroche
Ingrid Weiß
Known for
La Classe américaine
The New Avengers
Hannes Messemer
Dr. Saltzer
Known for
The Great Escape
General Della Rovere
Karl Lieffen
Major Windisch
Known for
One, Two, Three
Otto - The Movie
Uta Levka
Mädchen unter der Dusche
Known for
The Oblong Box
Scream and Scream Again
Roddy McDowall
Agent Adams
Known for
Planet of the Apes
Fright Night
Johannes Buzalski
Agent (uncredited)
Known for
Mark of the Devil
Eckart Dux
Professor James Bower (voice) (uncredited)
Also in
The Singing Ringing Tree
Hamburg Transit
Jean-Luc Godard
Orlovsky's Friend (uncredited)
Known for
Breathless
Contempt
Raoul Lévy Director · Robert Guenette Screenplay Paul Thomas Author
United States release October 20, 1966 · Produced in France, Germany · Languages English, German
Production
Rhein Main
Production
Productions et Éditions Cinématographiques Françaises
Production
PECF
Production
France · Germany
Produced in
Languages
Original title
L'espion
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English · German
Release dates
Germany · October 19, 1966
Theatrical
United States · October 20, 1966
Theatrical
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