The Defector

Year: 1966

Runtime: 100 mins

Language: English

Director: Raoul Lévy

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When the CIA assigns an American physicist to East Germany, his mission is to obtain a clandestine microfilm from a Soviet researcher who hopes to defect to the West. However, the ever‑watchful Stasi secret police monitor every move, turning the covert exchange into a tense cat‑and‑mouse game.

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