, 1h48 Directed byFrank Pierson OriginUnited-kingdom GenresDrama, Thriller, Action, Spy ThemesSpy films, Political films ActorsChristopher Jones, Pia Degermark, Ralph Richardson, Paul Rogers, Anthony Hopkins, Susan George Roles East German Woman Rating57% Polish defector Leiser (Christopher Jones) is offered by MI6 a chance at UK citizenship if he agrees to undertake a mission into East Germany. (This to replace an already murdered MI6 agent.) The mission, (To gather photographic intelligence on a covert East German rocket system in violation of international agreements.) begins to go wrong from the start when, having arrived in East Germany, he's forced to murder a lorry driver for rejecting his homosexual advances. Leiser's objective is further undermined when he falls in love with an East German woman looking for a way out of the country.