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The Defector
From Rhein Main · Productions et Éditions Cinématographiques Françaises
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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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Directed by Raoul Lévy
Montgomery CliftProfessor James Bower
Hardy KrügerCounselor Peter Heinzmann
Macha MérilFrieda Hoffmann
David OpatoshuOrlovsky
Christine DelarocheIngrid Weiß
Hannes MessemerDr. Saltzer
Karl LieffenMajor Windisch
Uta LevkaMädchen unter der Dusche
Roddy McDowallAgent Adams
Johannes BuzalskiAgent (uncredited)
Eckart DuxProfessor James Bower (voice) (uncredited)
Jean-Luc GodardOrlovsky's Friend (uncredited)Videos
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