Sebastien Grenier, a former French spy, is working as a financial analyst in Zurich. However, his peaceful existence starts to disintegrate when he is recruited by a top French intelligence operative to discover how one of their own secret agents was found out and executed in broad daylight.
Acting
Lino Ventura's exhausted eyes do all the exposition.
Direction
Boisset shoots Zurich like it's already mourning someone.
Writing
No gadgets, just bureaucratic rot and bad coffee.
Director
Yves Boisset
Lino Ventura
Sébastien Grenier
Michel Piccoli
Jean-Paul Chance
Bruno Cremer
Alain Richard
Bernard Fresson
Henri Marchand
Marc Mazza
Ramos Bavila
Roger Jendly
Commissioner Lohmann
Heinz Bennent
Meyer
Krystyna Janda
Anna Gretz
Christian Baltauss
Librarian
Kurt Bigger
Alfred Zimmer
Yves Boisset
Richard's assistant
Philippe Brizard
Grenier employee
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