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.
The Defector has generally received mixed reviews.
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The Defector was released in 1966 and has generally received mixed reviews.
Online reviewers have written 5 reviews, giving The Defector (1966) an average rating of 43%.
Overall, film critics prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 65%, compared to cinema-goers, who gave it a lower average score of 53%. Professional critics were more impressed with The Defector than amateur reviewers were.
With a score of 43%, The Defector is below the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 1966, which stands at 59%.
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