Directed by:
Yves BoissetCinematography:
Jean BoffetyComposer:
Ennio MorriconeCast:
Lino Ventura, Michel Piccoli, Bruno Cremer, Krystyna Janda, Marc Mazza, Bernard Fresson, Beate Kopp, Heinz Bennent, Dieter Moor, Yves Boisset, Philippe Brizard (more)Plots(1)
Sebastien Grenier, a former French spy, is working as a financial analyst in Zurich. While he is cultivating an on-going relationship with Anna Gretz (Krystyna Janda), his peaceful existence starts to disintegrate. He is recruited by a top French intelligence operative (Michel Piccoli) to discover how one of their own secret agents was found out and executed in broad daylight by an unknown gang of terrorists. as he starts to work, he gets deeper into the case and realizes that he is using in an elaborate political manoeuvre, which leads to ruin everything what he loves in his life. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Lino Ventura
Italy
Best movies:
Marie-October (1959)
Witness in the City (1959)
Les Misérables (1982)
Michel Piccoli
France
Best movies:
Un amour de pluie (1974)
May Fools (1990)
Mado (1976)
Bruno Cremer
France
Best movies:
Une robe noire pour un tueur (1981)
When a Woman Meddles (1957)
The Octopus (1984) (series)
Krystyna Janda
Poland
Best movies:
Man of Marble (1977)
Mephisto (1981)
Interrogation (1982)
Marc Mazza
France
Best movies:
The Phantom of Liberty (1974)
And Now My Love (1974)
Revolver (1973)
Bernard Fresson
France
Best movies:
The Longest Day (1962)
To Each His Hell (1977)
Mado (1976)
Beate Kopp
Best movies:
The Professional (1981)
Espion, lève-toi (1982)
Le Bon Plaisir (1984)
Heinz Bennent
German Empire
Best movies:
From the Life of the Marionettes (1980) (TV movie)
Die Wildente (1976)
Sisters, or The Balance of Happiness (1979)
Dieter Moor
Switzerland
Best movies:
Four Minutes (2006)
Espion, lève-toi (1982)
LandKrimi (2014) (series)
Yves Boisset
France
Best movies:
L'Affaire Dreyfus (1994) (series)
Espion, lève-toi (1982)
Jean Moulin (2002) (TV movie)
Philippe Brizard
France
Best movies:
Order of the Daisy (1967)
The Phantom of Liberty (1974)
Jupiter's Thigh (1980)
Christian Baltauss
France
Best movies:
Docteur Teyran (1980) (TV movie)
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972)
The Lacemaker (1977)
Roger Jendly
Best movies:
Jonah Who Will Be 25 in the Year 2000 (1976)
Espion, lève-toi (1982)
Allons z'enfants (1981)
Kurt Bigger
Switzerland
Best movies:
Espion, lève-toi (1982)
Jean Reney
Best movies:
Treasure Island (1966) (series)
The Cop (1970)
Espion, lève-toi (1982)
Daniel Plancherel
Best movies:
Espion, lève-toi (1982)