Le silencieux

Everyone thought him dead. Clément Tibère, the famous French physicist, has actually been working for the KGB since they snatched him in 1954. Twenty years later he is kidnapped again, but by the English who force him to identify two Russian agents. From that moment the Soviets pursue him relentlessly...

Directed by: Claude Pinoteau (France, 1972)
Cast: Lino Ventura (Clément Tibère), Léa Massari (Maria), Suzanne Flon (Jeanne), Léo Genn (MI5 head), Robert Hardy (his assistant), Pierre-Michel Le Conte (Boris Korodine), Bernard Dhéran (Mr Chat), Lucienne Legrand (the bookseller)
Genre: detective