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The Defector is a 1966 thriller film starring Montgomery Clift, Hardy Krüger, Roddy McDowall and Macha Méril. It was directed and co-written by Belgian director/producer Raoul Lévy and based on the 1965 novel L'espion ( The Spy ) by Paul Thomas.
With Montgomery Clift, Hardy Krüger, Macha Méril, David Opatoshu. 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.
While visiting in Leipzig, American physicist James Bower is recruited by CIA agent Adam and instructed to assist in the defection of Russian scientist Goshenko. Learning of the plan, Peter Heinzman, an East German scientist and Communist agent, confronts Bower, sequesters him in a hotel room, and interrogates him.
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A U.S. scientist (Montgomery Clift) spies for a CIA agent (Roddy McDowall) in East Germany; a Soviet agent (Hardy Kruger) tries to get him to defect.
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. Crew. Details. Genres. Releases.
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.
