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Montgomery Clift | Prof. James Bower |
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Macha Méril | Frieda |
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Christine Delaroche | Ingrid |
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Hardy Krüger | Peter Heinzmann |
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Roddy McDowall | Agent Adam |
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David Opatoshu | Orlovsky |
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Hannes Messemer | Dr. Saltzer |
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Karl Lieffen | Major |
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Uta Levka | Mädchen unter der Dusche |
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Raoul Coutard | Director of Photography |
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Serge Gainsbourg | Original Music Composer |
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Raoul Lévy | Director |
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Paul Thomas | Novel |
Professor Bower, an American physicist, is effectively blackmailed by a shady CIA agent named Adams 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 Heinzmann, an East German fellow physicist, who is also a secret agent. 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.
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