DURING THE COLD WAR, A BRITISH SECRET AGENT IS SENT TO EAST GERMANY AS A PSEUDO DEFECTOR TO PLANT FALSE INFORMATION. HE IS DISILLUSIONED AFTER REALISING THAT HE IS A MERE COG IN A HUGE SYSTEM. STARRING RICHARD BURTON, OSKAR WERNER, CLAIRE BLOOM, MICHAEL HODERN, SAM WANAMAKER, BERNARD LEE, CYRIL CUSACK.