Torn Curtain (1966)

128 min · Political Thriller, political thriller film, spy film, thriller film

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Directors

Alfred Hitchcock

Cast

Paul Newman, Julie Andrews, Lila Kedrova, Hans Jörg Felmy, Tamara Toumanova, Wolfgang Kieling, Ludwig Donath, Gisela Fischer, Günter Strack, Mort Mills, Carolyn Conwell

The story

In 1965 Michael Armstrong, a U.S. physicist and rocket scientist, is travelling to a conference in Copenhagen with his assistant and fiancée, Sarah Sherman. Armstrong receives a radiogram to pick up a book in Copenhagen; it contains a message which says, "Contact in case of emergency." He tells Sherman he is going to Stockholm, but she discovers he is flying to East Berlin and follows him.

Catalogue themes and tags

1960s, Agenten, Airplane, Ballett, Ballett Dancer, Bauernhof, Cold War, Copenhagen, Countess, DDR, East Berlin, Equation, Fall from Staircase, Fiancé, Fiancée, Flucht, Flughafen, Frauenleiche, Habor, Hotel, Hotel Room, Iron Curtain, Leipzig, New York, Peasant, Produktionsassistentin, Raketen-Abwehrsystem, Report, Secret Agent, Staatssicherheit, Stasi Spy, Stockholm, Travel Agency, US Kongress, Universität, Vernehmung, Vizepräsident, Vorstellung, Warsaw Bloc, Wissenschaftlerin, verrat, Überläufer, Thriller, Spy, Suspense, Political thriller

Genres

Political Thriller, political thriller film, spy film, thriller film

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