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THE DEFECTOR (1966) 

Frankrijk / West-Duitsland
Actie / Drama
106 minuten

geregisseerd door Raoul Lévy
met Montgomery Clift, Hardy Krüger en Roddy McDowall

Tijdens de Koude Oorlog wordt James Bower (Montgomery Clift) door de overheid verplicht om naar Leipzig te reizen en er een ontmoeting te regelen met een Russische fysicus die een microfilm met belangrijke ruimtevaartinformatie aan het westen wil doorspelen.

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Studio: Warner Archive Collection

DVD Release Date: June 22, 2009


Director: Raoul Levy

Principal Cast:
          Montgomery Clift (his final film)


Studio Description:
Leipzig, East Germany. A flashpoint of spies and counterspies, moves and countermoves in a Cold War that could turn hot ? nuclear hot ? in seconds. In that perilous city, the CIA asks American physicist James Bower (Montgomery Clift) to meet with a Russian scientist who's eager to share vital information with the West. Simple enough, until Bower finds himself sequestered in a hotel room, subjected to harrowing mind games as a 'guest' of Communist agents who want to turn him into The Defector. He resists ? and plunges into a netherworld of secret microfilm, covert ops, lies and sudden death. In his last film, Clift brings gravitas to an espionage thriller where paranoia is business as usual and murder is a political tool. 


Format: NTSC

DVD Size: 3.81 GB -- Exact Untouched Copy

Runtime (main feature): 99 minutes

Type: Color

Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1 | Anamorphic

Sound (main feature): English

Subtitles: none

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