Topaz (1969) - Topaz Exposed Scene (6/10) | Movieclips

CLIP DESCRIPTION:
Boris Kusenov (Per-Axel Arosenius) exposes the identity of a spy and the code word, "Topaz".

FILM DESCRIPTION:
Filmed on locations ranging from Denmark to the Universal backlot, Alfred Hitchcock's Topaz is based on a novel by Leon Uris. Frederick Stafford, a veteran of European-filmed James Bond rip-offs of the 1960s, is cast as Andre Devereaux, a French secret agent assigned to snoop around Cuba in the months prior to the 1962 missile crisis. Someone is supplying Castro -- and, by extension, Moscow -- with NATO secrets; it is up to Devereaux to liquidate the "mole." Aiding Devereaux is CIA agent Nordstrom (John Forsythe) and aristocratic anti-Castro Cuban Juanita (Karin Dor), who happens to be the girlfriend of pro

CREDITS:
TM & © Universal (1969)
Cast: Ann Doran, John Forsythe, Per-Axel Arosenius, Frederick Stafford, Edmon Ryan
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Producers: Herbert Coleman, Alfred Hitchcock
Screenwriters: Samuel A. Taylor, Leon Uris

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[Lonette]

Mr. Per-Axel Daniel Rank Arosenius, the actor who plays the defector Boris Kusenov, died in an ambulance en route to the hospital after setting himself on fire in protest outside the offices of the Swedish taxation authorities regarding a dispute. Died at age 60 in 1981.

[Kexgoija]

The FEEL, the cynicism of international power and politics....arrangements,
personal compromises....
the mood is all there, thanks to an incredible cast and to Hitchcock.

[lloydbowers]

One critic on Rotten Tomatoes derided Topaz as John le Carre territory. Well, I like John le Carre, and I think this is a great movie.
1. Pays attention to Intel over gadgets;
2. Cultivation of defectors over fistfights and speedboat chases;
3. European actors who speak in restrained, almost stilted tones over familiar Americans who over-dramatise everything.
In one scene, American and French delegations huddle at opposite ends of a conference room. A man shuttles back and forth between them delivering messages. They cannot sit down and talk until they can agree on terms.
This movie is a very mature handling of the subject matter.