The read
A Balasaur Score of 57 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 5.7/10.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb5.7/10
9 audience votes
Key crew
- Raoul LévyDirector
- Serge GainsbourgOriginal Music Composer
- Robert GuenetteScreenplay
- Raoul LévyScreenplay
Cast
- Montgomery CliftProfessor James Bower
- Hardy KrügerCounselor Peter Heinzmann
- Macha MérilFrieda Hoffmann
- David OpatoshuOrlovsky
- Christine DelarocheIngrid Weiß
- Hannes MessemerDr. Saltzer
- Karl LieffenMajor Windisch
- Uta LevkaMädchen unter der Dusche
- Roddy McDowallAgent Adams
- Johannes BuzalskiAgent (uncredited)
- Eckart DuxProfessor James Bower (voice) (uncredited)
- Jean-Luc GodardOrlovsky's Friend (uncredited)
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Themes
german-german borderrenegadeillegal border crossing