The Defector

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.

• Raoul LévyDirector
• Serge GainsbourgOriginal Music Composer
• Robert GuenetteScreenplay
• Raoul LévyScreenplay

• 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)