The Serpent

(Die Schlange)

A Rialto Film Production
West Germany/Frankreich/Italien 1972 - 105 min.
Distributed by Tobis
Premiered: 12. 4. 1973
FSK: ab 12, nf

Cast

Oberst Wlassow   Yul Brynner
CIA-Boß   Henry Fonda
Philip Boyle   Dirk Bogarde
Lepke   Martin Held
Lucien Berthon   Philippe Noiret
etc.

Crew

Director:   Henri Verneuil
Screenplay:   Gilles Parrault - Henri Verneuil Based upon a novel by Pierre Nord
Director of Photography:   Claude Renoir
Music:   Ennio Morricone

Plot outline

In Paris, a Sergeant of the Soviet Secret Service changes fronts. After many deadly mistakes the Americans expose the alleged defector as a double crossing spy.