The Defector poster
Home / Movies / The Defector

The Defector

1966100 min 5.8 TMDBIMDb ↗Released

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.

Watch now Trailer
Release / first air1966-10-19
Original languageEN
GenresDrama, Thriller
DirectorRaoul Lévy
WriterPaul Thomas
BudgetNot available
RevenueNot available
ProductionRhein Main, Productions et Éditions Cinématographiques Françaises

Cast & Crew

Meet the people behind the story.

10 cast members
Montgomery CliftMontgomery CliftProfessor James Bower
Hardy KrügerHardy KrügerCounselor Peter Heinzmann
Macha MérilMacha MérilFrieda Hoffmann
David OpatoshuDavid OpatoshuOrlovsky
Christine DelarocheChristine DelarocheIngrid Weiß
Hannes MessemerHannes MessemerDr. Saltzer
Karl LieffenKarl LieffenMajor Windisch
Uta LevkaUta LevkaMädchen unter der Dusche
Roddy McDowallRoddy McDowallAgent Adams
Johannes BuzalskiJohannes BuzalskiAgent (uncredited)

Keywords

Explore films by their story themes and keywords.

Explore tags →
#german-german border#renegade#illegal border crossing

More Like This

View all