Directed by:
Martin RittCinematography:
Oswald MorrisComposer:
Sol KaplanCast:
Richard Burton, Claire Bloom, Oskar Werner, Sam Wanamaker, George Voskovec, Rupert Davies, Cyril Cusack, Peter van Eyck, Michael Hordern, Robert Hardy (more)VOD (1)
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A middle-aged British spy, about to retire, is given one last assignment to infiltrate East Germany and uncover information about a former colleague suspected of having become a Communist traitor. (official distributor synopsis)
Cast
Richard Burton
UK
Best movies:
The Longest Day (1962)
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)
The Medusa Touch (1978)
Claire Bloom
UK
Best movies:
Producers' Showcase (1954) (series)
The King's Speech (2010)
Limelight (1952)
Oskar Werner
Austria
Best movies:
Jules and Jim (1962)
The Last Ten Days (1955)
Fahrenheit 451 (1966)
Sam Wanamaker
USA
Best movies:
George Voskovec
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
12 Angry Men (1957)
Roots: The Next Generations (1979) (series)
Heave Ho! (1934)
Rupert Davies
UK
Best movies:
Waterloo (1970)
Sapphire (1959)
L'Espion qui venait du froid (1965)
Cyril Cusack
South Africa
Best movies:
The Day of the Jackal (1973)
My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown (1989)
Harold and Maude (1971)
Peter van Eyck
German Empire
Best movies:
The Longest Day (1962)
The Wages of Fear (1953)
Edge of Darkness (1943)
Michael Hordern
UK
Best movies:
Gandhi (1982)
Shogun (1980) (series)
Barry Lyndon (1975)
Robert Hardy
UK
Best movies:
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)
Sense and Sensibility (1995)
Pavillons lointains (1984) (series)
Bernard Lee
UK
Best movies:
Goldfinger (1964)
The Third Man (1949)
Father Brown (1954)
Esmond Knight
UK
Best movies:
The Red Shoes (1948)
Anne of the Thousand Days (1969)
Hamlet (1948)
Niall MacGinnis
Ireland
Best movies:
Hamlet (1948)
Lust for Life (1956)
Becket (1964)
Walter Gotell
German Empire
Best movies:
The X-Files – File 1: The Unopened File (1995) (video compilation)
The Scarlet and the Black (1983) (TV movie)
The Longest Day (1962)
David Bauer
USA
Best movies:
Patton (1970)
You Only Live Twice (1967)
Dark of the Sun (1968)
Beatrix Lehmann
UK
Best movies:
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996)
The Cat and the Canary (1978)
L'Espion qui venait du froid (1965)
Michael Ripper
UK
Best movies:
Oliver Twist (1948)
Richard III (1955)
The One That Got Away (1957)
Richard Marner
Soviet Union
Best movies:
The Password is Courage (1962)
The African Queen (1951)
The Dirty Dozen (1967)
Scott Finch
Best movies:
L'Espion qui venait du froid (1965)
633 Squadron (1964)
The Liquidator (1965)
George Mikell
Lithuania
Best movies:
The Great Escape (1963)
The Password is Courage (1962)
The One That Got Away (1957)