Top Cast
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Peter Ustinov
Genosse Kuruk
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Hansjörg Felmy
Christopher Caulker
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Götz George
Bozidar Popkov-Prokop
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Heidelinde Weis
Iris Caulker
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Beatrice Richter
Hilda Beveridge
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Peer Augustinski
Genosse Rukuc
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Susanne Beck
Frau Rukuc
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Karl-Heinz von Hassel
Sergeant Buttimer
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Peter Kuiper
Abdul
Overview
The British Embassy in a communist Eastern Bloc country: This is where diplomat Chris Caulker and his wife Iris live. In the middle of breakfast, the poet Bozidar bursts in; he has managed to take refuge on the embassy grounds and is asking for asylum.
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