Topaz
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6.0Copenhagen, Denmark, 1962. When a high-ranking Soviet official decides to change sides, a French intelligence agent is caught up in a cold, silent and bloody spy war in which his own family will play a decisive role.
Released: 1969-12-17127 minDir: Alfred HitchcockDrama, Thriller
Cast
- Frederick Stafford as André Devereaux
- Dany Robin as Nicole Devereaux
- John Vernon as Rico Parra
- Karin Dor as Juanita de Córdoba
- Michel Piccoli as Jacques Granville
- Philippe Noiret as Henri Jarre
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Alfred Hitchcock
- Screenplay by
- Samuel A. Taylor
- Based on
- Topaz , by Leon Uris
- Produced by
- Alfred Hitchcock
- Starring
- Frederick Stafford Dany Robin John Vernon Karin Dor Claude Jade Michel Subor Michel Piccoli Philippe Noiret Roscoe Lee Browne John Forsythe
- Cinematography
- Jack Hildyard
- Edited by
- William H. Ziegler
- Music by
- Maurice Jarre
- Production company
- Universal Pictures
- Distributed by
- Universal Pictures
- Release date
- December 19, 1969 ( 1969-12-19 ) (US)
- Running time
- 126 minutes, (theatrical cut) , 143 minutes, (extended cut)
Key dates
- Published
- 11 January 1970
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- thriller film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Director
- Alfred Hitchcock
- Screenwriter
- Alfred Hitchcock
- Composer
- Maurice Jarre
- Producer
- Alfred Hitchcock
- Production company
Article
Theatrical trailer. Topaz is a 1969 American espionage thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock, and starring Frederick Stafford, Dany Robin, Karin Dor, John Vernon, Claude Jade, Michel Subor, Michel Piccoli, Philippe Noiret and John Forsythe. Based on the 1967 novel of the same title by Leon Uris, the film is about a French intelligence agent (Stafford) who becomes entangled in Cold War politics before the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis and then the breakup of an international Soviet spy ring.
The story is loosely based on the 1962 Sapphire Affair, which involved the head of France's SDECE in the United States, the spy Philippe Thyraud de Vosjoli, a friend of Uris, who played an important role in "helping the U.S. discover the presence of Russian offensive missiles in Cuba."