Le Serpent (1973)
Une fin d'après-midi à Orly. Le colonel Vlassov, ressortissant soviétique visiblement traqué, échappe à ses poursuivants et demande asile aux USA auprès des autorités françaises. Les services secrets français tentent d'en obtenir des renseignements mais, après une tentative de chantage ratée, doivent s'incliner et remettre le colonel à l'ambassadeur des USA. Le colonel Vlassov pénètre alors au coeur de l'imposante machine qu'est la CIA et est soumis au détecteur de mensonges. S'il semble ouvertement coopératif, deux de ses réponses inquiètent la CIA et le MI5 britannique...
Directeur:
Henri Verneuil
écrivains:
Gilles Perrault, Henri Verneuil.
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Yul Brynner as Col. Alexi Vlassov |
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Henry Fonda as Alan Davies |
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Dirk Bogarde as Philip Boyle |
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Virna Lisi as Mrs. Annabel Lee |
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Robert Alda as Polygraph interrogator |
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Farley Granger as Computer Programming Director |
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Philippe Noiret as Lucien Berthon |
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Michel Bouquet as Tavel |
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Martin Held as Lepke |
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Guy Tréjan as Deval |
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Marie Dubois as Suzanne |
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Elga Andersen as Kate Cross |
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André Falcon as French Diplomat |
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William Sabatier as Mercadier |
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François Maistre as inspecteur Joss |
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Paola Pitagora as Jeannine Santelli |
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Herbert Fux as Gardener |
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Eva Maria Meineke as Mrs von Strelitz |
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Luigi Diberti as Lefèvre |
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Robert Party as Debecourt |
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Nathalie Nerval as Tatiana Vlassov |
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Jean Desailly as Narrator (voice) (uncredited) |
| Directing | Henri Verneuil | Director |
| Writing | Pierre Nord | Novel |
| Writing | Gilles Perrault | Screenplay |
| Writing | Henri Verneuil | Screenplay |
| Production | Henri Verneuil | Producer |
| Sound | Ennio Morricone | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Claude Renoir | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Pierre Gillette | Editor |
| Art | Jacques Saulnier | Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Hélène Nourry | Costume Design |
| Directing | Lucile Costa | Script Supervisor |
| Camera | Charles-Henri Montel | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Vincent Rossell | Still Photographer |
| Sound | Jean Rieul | Sound |
| Directing | Marc Grunebaum | First Assistant Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | Marie-Madeleine Paris | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Jean-Pierre Eychenne | Makeup Artist |
| Production | Jean Drouin | Unit Production Manager |
| Production | Jacques Juranville | Production Manager |
| Production | Jean-Pierre Nossereau | Location Manager |
| Editing | Catherine Ganz | Assistant Editor |
| Editing | Nadine Muse | Assistant Editor |