The Defector

Overview

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.

Release Date

19 October 1966

100 minutes

Director

Main Cast

Professor James Bower
Counselor Peter Heinzmann
Frieda Hoffmann
Dr. Saltzer
Major Windisch
Mädchen unter der Dusche
Agent Adams
Agent (uncredited)
Professor James Bower (voice) (uncredited)
Orlovsky's Friend (uncredited)