Movie
The Silent One
Overview
Who is Anton Haliakov, who has just been abducted by the M.I.5 in London? A Soviet scientist apparently. But sixteen years before the man had another identity, Clément Tibère, and another nationality, French. So what led him to become Russian and to change identity? And why are the British secret services interested in him?
Details
- Release date
- 1973-02-10
- Runtime
- 117 min
- Genres
- Drama, Thriller
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Trianon Films, Gaumont International, Medusa Distribuzione
- Country
- France, Italy
- Original language
- FR
Cast
- Lino Ventura as Clément Tibère
- Leo Genn as Chief of M.I.5
- Suzanne Flon as Jeanne
- Robert Hardy as Assistant
- Lea Massari as Maria
- Roger Crouzet as Agent of the D.S.T.
- Lucienne Legrand as Bookseller
- Bernard Dhéran as M.Chat
- Pierre Collet as Mechanic
- André Falcon as Police Commissioner
- Richard Marner
- Robert Party as Killer
Crew
- Claude Pinoteau - Director
- Claude Pinoteau - Writer
- Jean-Loup Dabadie - Writer
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