

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.
Keywords: tmdb.german-german-border, tmdb.renegade, mdblist.has-trailer, tmdb.illegal-border-crossing, imdb.espionage, imdb.cold-war, imdb.1960s + 67 more, imdb.east-berlin, imdb.west-berlin, imdb.barbed-wire, imdb.border-guard, imdb.border-patrol, imdb.interrogation, imdb.defector, imdb.microfilm, imdb.scientist, imdb.stasi, imdb.escape, imdb.searchlight, imdb.passport-control, imdb.surveillance, imdb.doctor-s-office, imdb.nurse, imdb.machine-gun, imdb.secret-police, imdb.blackmail, imdb.cia-agent, imdb.synagogue, imdb.east-german-soldier, imdb.car-chase, imdb.evading-surveillance, imdb.hotel-room, imdb.arrest, imdb.execution, imdb.antique-collector, imdb.river, imdb.resistance-fighter, imdb.checkpoint, imdb.bugged-room, imdb.bridge, imdb.german-shepherd-dog, imdb.shooting, imdb.hallucinogenic-drug, imdb.watch-tower, imdb.homosexual-subtext, imdb.bare-chested-male, imdb.hairy-chest, imdb.male-male-relationship, imdb.physicist, imdb.translator, imdb.underground, imdb.west-german-east-german-border, imdb.woman-wears-boots, imdb.stealing-a-boat, imdb.illegal-border-crossing, imdb.attempt-at-brainwashing, imdb.pencil, imdb.kiss, imdb.german-jew, imdb.mercilessly-gunned-down, imdb.implied-sex, imdb.cake, imdb.motorboat, imdb.mines, imdb.west-germany, imdb.double-agent, imdb.hit-by-truck, imdb.secret, imdb.spy, imdb.leipzig-germany, imdb.east-germany, imdb.lead-actor-s-last-film, imdb.based-on-novel, aspectratio.1-85-1
Production companies: Rhein Main, PECF