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Released
1973 · FILM

The Serpent

One of these men is working for the C.I.A.

Directed by
Runtime
113 min
Language
FR
DramaThriller

Synopsis

Vlassov is a Soviet spy who defects in France. He is whisked to the U.S, where Allan Davies takes over the case. After polygraph tests and cross-examinations, Vlassov names several Western European agents who are also spying for the Soviets. Davies wants to take the listed agents into custody; meanwhile, those on the list start dying under mysterious circumstances.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

Principal cast & crew: 19

These are the principals we have on file — the full crew ran to the hundreds. Every film this size was made by far more hands than any credits list ever names.

Why a floor?

This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.

Craft leads on file

Edited by Pierre GilletteShot by Claude RenoirScored by Ennio MorriconeDesigned by Jacques Saulnier

Also known as

  • Die Schlangede
  • Night Flight from Moscowen
  • El serpientees
  • Il serpenteit

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