The Defector
A Feature film of
Production year1966
French release09/11/1966
Runtime1 h 30 min
Synopsis
Professor James Bower, an American physicist, is effectively blackmailed by a shady CIA agent named Adams (Roddy McDowall) to help the CIA obtain secret microfilm from a defecting Russian scientist. The reluctant Bower travels to East Germany undercover as an antiques collector where he encounters an East German secret agent named Peter Heinzmann (German actor Hardy Kruger), who is also a fellow physicist. Heinzmann is aware of Bower's meeting with Adams and his intention to steal the microfilm, however their mutual respect for one another's tactics complicate the proceedings.
Credits
Director (1)
Actors (12)
Production and distribution (3)
- Executive Producer : Productions et Éditions Cinématographiques Françaises (PECF)
- Foreign production company : Rhein Main Film
- French distribution : Gaumont
Full credits (8)
- Executive Producer : Raoul Levy
- Adaptation : Raoul Levy
- Director of Photography : Raoul Coutard
- Music Composer : Serge Gainsbourg
- Editors : Albert Jurgenson, Roger Dwyre
- Sound Recordist : Joseph de Bretagne
- Author of original work : Paul Thomas
- Production Designer : Pierre Guffroy
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Technical details
- Type : Feature film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Thriller
- Themes : Espionage
- Production language : French
- Coproducer countries : France, Germany
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Production year : 1966
- French release : 09/11/1966
- Runtime : 1 h 30 min
- Current status : Released
- Visa number : 31527
- Visa issue date : 27/10/1966
- Approval : Unknown
- Production formats : 35mm
- Color type : Black & White
- Aspect ratio : 1.85
- Audio format : Mono
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