A FRONTEIRA DO MEDO DVD ( The Defector ) ( L'espion )

A FRONTEIRA DO MEDO DVD (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: The Defector
Alternate Title: L'espion
Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Spain ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
000 min

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 1966 and produced in:
France ( France, Benelux )

Directed By:
Raoul Lévy

Written By:
Robert Guenette
Raoul Lévy
Paul Thomas
Montgomery Clift
Peter Francke

Actors:
Montgomery Clift ..... Professor James Bower
Hardy Krüger ..... Counselor Peter Heinzmann
Macha Méril ..... Frieda Hoffmann
David Opatoshu ..... Prof. Orlovsky
Christine Delaroche ..... Ingrid Weiß
Hannes Messemer ..... Dr. Saltzer
Karl Lieffen ..... Major Windisch
Uta Levka ..... Mädchen unter der Dusche
Roddy McDowall ..... Agent Adams
Johannes Buzalski ..... Spitzel
Jean-Luc Godard ..... Prof. Orlovsky's Freund und Doppelagent
Eduard Linkers ..... Fluchthelfer Franz Ritter
Rolf Zacher ..... Tommy

Synopsis:

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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.

Montgomery Cliff (in his last role) plays James Bower, an American physicist visiting West Germany who's recruited by a shady CIA agent, named Adam, to help them with the defection of a Russian scientist. But an East German secret agent, named Peter Heinzeman, learns of Bower's meeting with Adam and threatens Bower to mind his own business, while Bower learns of a back story to all this involving stolen microfilm that each side wants.

Art expert and Physicist James Bower (Montgomery Clift) is approached by CIA agent Bill Adams (Roddy McDowell) and asked to go to East Germany to meet with a Russian Physicist named Grushenko who is willing to provide the West with the complete details of the latest Soviet missile tests on microfilm. The CIA believes this may determine which country gets to the moon first. Bower is on vacation and wants no part of this. Adams tells him that Grushenko demands to give the information to him only. If Bower refuses, he'll have all his research funding cut off. Bower reluctantly agrees to go to East Germany to meet with Grushenko to get the microfilm. On his arrival in Leipzig he is introduced to Public Relations Counselor Peter Heinzmann (Hardy Kruger) who has a great deal of knowledge of Bowers' purpose. Heinzmann makes it clear that he knows Bower is there to meet with Grushenko. He tells Bower that he wants to know where Grushenko is but Bower denies all knowledge of his whereabouts. During a visit to his contact, Dr. Saltzer, tells him that he should keep in touch with one of the nurses only since he had been arrested that day. Bower returns to his hotel and is told he has been moved to a room 234. In this new room Bower suffers an attempt to brainwash him which fails. Russian spy-master Orlovsky arrives and informs Heinzmann that Bowers has been subjected to 'the room' in order to break him and learn of Grushenko's location. Heinzmann is outraged and insists that due to his affinity with Bower he should be allowed to work with him to find the microfilm. Learning that his visa has been canceled Bower realizes his life is in danger. With the aid of friends he attempts to escape back to the West and succeeds with Heinzmann's help.

This product was added to our catalog on Saturday 04 October, 2025.