Overview
Cold War adversaries Col. Jack Knowles and his Russian counterpart, Col. Valachev, are stationed on opposite sides of the German-Czech border. Both men are responsible for a group of troops in their remote settings, and both have been shaped by their combat experiences and a shared aversion to their superiors' ways of doing things. After a defector is killed, things escalate into a full-fledged battle with serious geopolitical ramifications.
Production
Aurora Production · Kodiak Films · The Cannon Group
Cast & Characters
Roy Scheider
Col. Jack Knowles
Jürgen Prochnow
Col. Valachev
Tim Reid
Lt. Col. Clark
Lara Harris
Elena
Harry Dean Stanton
Gen. Hackworth
Dale Dye
Sergeant Major
William MacDonald
MP Corporal
David Palffy
Gawky Soldier
Neil Grahn
Needle-Nose Soldier
Ernie Jackson
Knowles Driver
Ron Campbell
Young US Soldier
John Dodds
Defector
Directors & Crew
John Frankenheimer
Director
Wolf Schmidt
Producer
Stephen Peters
Screenplay
Kenneth Ross
Screenplay
Screenshots & Stills
More Like This
Fear
1954
1939-1940: A Strange Defeat
2026
Blood Money: Inside the Nazi Economy
2021
Quiet Crossing
2019
The State I Am In
2001
All Quiet on the Western Front
1930
Walk the Line
2005
Stunden der Entscheidung: Angela Merkel und die Flüchtlinge
2019
North by Northwest
1959
Ali: Fear Eats the Soul
1974