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.
A Hitchcock thriller from the height of the Cold War that relies less on action than on tension and distrust. The tone is sober and cool, and the images of East Germany look deliberately grey and oppressive. It is best known for a long, painfully realistic scene in which a killing is anything but elegant.
Good for you if you like classic spy thrillers with slowly built tension and a Sixties flavour.
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