Torn Curtain
An American scientist stages a fake defection to infiltrate East Germany and steal a secret resin formula, only to have his unwitting fiancée follow him across the border, turning a covert mission into a deadly race for survival and truth.
“It tears you apart with suspense!”
Synopsis
During the Cold War, an American scientist appears to defect to East Germany as part of a covert mission to obtain the formula for a resin solution, but the plan goes wrong when his fiancée, unaware of his true intentions, follows him across the border.
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Principal cast & crew: 17
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Craft leads on file
Edited by Bud HoffmanShot by John F WarrenScored by John AddisonDesigned by Hein Heckroth
Box Office
1966 · Box office
💰 Box-office hit — grossed 4.3× its budget
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Worldwide gross
$13.0M
Also known as
- Der zerrissene Vorhangde
- Cortina rasgadaes
- Le Rideau déchiréfr
- Il sipario strappatoit
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Cast & Crew
17 unique people credited
Top billed cast
Paul Newman
as Prof. Michael Armstrong
Julie Andrews
as Dr. Sarah Sherman
Lila Kedrova
as Countess Kuchinska
Hansjorg Felmy
as Heinrich Gerhard
Tamara Toumanova
as Ballerina
Ludwig Donath
as Professor Gustav Lindt
Wolfgang Kieling
as Hermann Gromek
Gunter Strack
as Professor Karl Manfred
David Opatoshu
as Mr. Jacobi
Gisela Fischer
as Dr. Koska
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1Writers
1Other crew
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