The Defector
1966-10-19 | 100 minutes
Plot Summary
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.
Cast
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Montgomery CliftProfessor James Bower
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Hardy KrügerCounselor Peter Heinzmann
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Macha MérilFrieda Hoffmann
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David OpatoshuOrlovsky
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Christine DelarocheIngrid Weiß
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Hannes MessemerDr. Saltzer
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Karl LieffenMajor Windisch
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Uta LevkaMädchen unter der Dusche
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Roddy McDowallAgent Adams
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Johannes BuzalskiAgent (uncredited)
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Eckart DuxProfessor James Bower (voice) (uncredited)
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Jean-Luc GodardOrlovsky's Friend (uncredited)
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Eduard LinkersFluchthelfer Franz Ritter (uncredited)
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Rolf ZacherTommy (uncredited)
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