Torn Curtain

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.

Cast

Paul Newman

as Michael Armstrong

Julie Andrews

as Sarah Sherman

Lila Kedrova

as Countess Kuchinska

Hansjörg Felmy

as Heinrich Gerhard

Tamara Toumanova

as Ballerina

Ludwig Donath

as Gustav Lindt

Wolfgang Kieling

as Hermann Gromek

Günter Strack

as Karl Manfred

David Opatoshu

as Mr. Jacobi

Gisela Fischer

as Dr. Koska

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