---
title: 'The Defector (1966)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Raoul Lévy'
released: '1966-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 106
genres:
  - 'Thriller'
countries:
  - 'West Germany'
  - 'France'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-defector-1966'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0060295/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Defector (1966)

1966 · 106 min · Thriller · West Germany, France


## Synopsis

The Defector is a 1966 thriller film starring Montgomery Clift, Hardy Krüger, Roddy McDowall and Macha Méril. It was directed and co-written by Belgian director/producer Raoul Lévy and based on the 1965 novel L'espion by Paul Thomas.

## Credits

- **Screenplay:** [Montgomery Clift](https://cinepixo.com/people/montgomery-clift), [Raoul Lévy](https://cinepixo.com/people/raoul-levy), [Peter Francke](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-francke)
- **Director:** [Raoul Lévy](https://cinepixo.com/people/raoul-levy)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Serge Gainsbourg](https://cinepixo.com/people/serge-gainsbourg)
- **Director of Photography:** [Raoul Coutard](https://cinepixo.com/people/raoul-coutard)
- **Editor:** [Albert Jurgenson](https://cinepixo.com/people/albert-jurgenson)

## Cast

- [Hannes Messemer](https://cinepixo.com/people/hannes-messemer)
- [David Opatoshu](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-opatoshu)
- [Macha Méril](https://cinepixo.com/people/macha-meril)
- [Jean-Luc Godard](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-luc-godard)
- [Karl Lieffen](https://cinepixo.com/people/karl-lieffen)
- [Rolf Zacher](https://cinepixo.com/people/rolf-zacher)
- [Roddy McDowall](https://cinepixo.com/people/roddy-mcdowall)
- [Montgomery Clift](https://cinepixo.com/people/montgomery-clift)
- [Christine Delaroche](https://cinepixo.com/people/christine-delaroche)
- [Hardy Krüger](https://cinepixo.com/people/hardy-kruger)

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-defector-1966
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