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The Defector

1966
Directed byRaoul Lévy
1h 40m

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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Montgomery CliftProfessor James BowerHardy KrügerCounselor Peter HeinzmannMacha MérilFrieda Hoffmann
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DramaThriller
STATUSReleased
RATING
5.5

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