It tears you apart with suspense!
During the Cold War, an American scientist appears to defect to East Germany as part of a cloak and dagger mission to find the formula for a resin solution—but the plan goes awry when his fiancee, unaware of his motivation, follows him across the border.
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Classical in form, grave, earnest and plot-driven.
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
- character-ledplot-driven
- resolvedopen-ended
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Cast
- Paul NewmanMichael Armstrong
- Julie AndrewsSarah Sherman
- Lila KedrovaCountess Kuchinska
- Hansjörg FelmyHeinrich Gerhard
- Tamara ToumanovaBallerina
- Ludwig DonathGustav Lindt
- Wolfgang KielingHermann Gromek
- Günter StrackKarl Manfred
- David OpatoshuMr. Jacobi
- Gisela FischerDr. Koska
Crew
- Alfred HitchcockDirector
- Brian MooreWriter
- John F. WarrenDirector of Photography
- John AddisonOriginal Music Composer
- Bud HoffmanEditor
- Alfred HitchcockProducer
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