The Defector
1966 | 100m | English
Popularity: 2 (history)
| Director: | Raoul Lévy |
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| Writer: | Paul Thomas, Robert Guenette, Raoul Lévy |
| Staring: |
| 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. | |
| Release Date: | Oct 19, 1966 |
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| Director: | Raoul Lévy |
| Writer: | Paul Thomas, Robert Guenette, Raoul Lévy |
| Genres: | Drama, Thriller |
| Keywords | german-german border, renegade, illegal border crossing |
| Production Companies | Productions et Éditions Cinématographiques Françaises, Rhein Main |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Aug 03, 2025 Entered: Apr 20, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Montgomery Clift | Professor James Bower |
| Hardy Krüger | Counselor Peter Heinzmann |
| Macha Méril | Frieda Hoffmann |
| David Opatoshu | Orlovsky |
| Christine Delaroche | Ingrid Weiß |
| Hannes Messemer | Dr. Saltzer |
| Karl Lieffen | Major Windisch |
| Uta Levka | Mädchen unter der Dusche |
| Roddy McDowall | Agent Adams |
| Johannes Buzalski | Agent (uncredited) |
| Eckart Dux | Professor James Bower (voice) (uncredited) |
| Jean-Luc Godard | Orlovsky's Friend (uncredited) |
| Eduard Linkers | Fluchthelfer Franz Ritter (uncredited) |
| Franz Rudnick | Dr. Saltzer (voice) (uncredited) |
| Rolf Zacher | Tommy (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Paul Thomas | Novel |
| Robert Guenette | Screenplay |
| Albert Jurgenson | Editor |
| Raoul Lévy | Director, Screenplay |
| Raoul Coutard | Director of Photography |
| Serge Gainsbourg | Original Music Composer |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Julien Derode | Executive Producer |
| Conrad von Molo | Co-Producer |
| Raoul Lévy | Producer |
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| 2024 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 1 |
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| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2025 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| 2025 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
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