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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.
Cast
Montgomery Clift, Hardy Krüger, Macha Méril, David Opatoshu, Christine Delaroche, Hannes Messemer, Karl Lieffen, Uta Levka, Roddy McDowall, Johannes Buzalski, Eckart Dux, Jean-Luc Godard
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