Torn Curtain

1966 · film

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.

  • hitchcock
  • east germany
  • cold war
  • plot
  • police investigation
  • tense
  • chase
  • espionage