Top Cast
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Thomas Holtzmann
Richard Sorge
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Keiko Kishi
Yuki Sakurai
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Mario Adorf
Max Christiansen-Clausen
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Françoise Spira
Edith de Branowski
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Jacques Berthier
Serge de Branowski
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Akira Yamanouchi
Hotsumi Ozaki
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Ingrid van Bergen
Lily Braun
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Hans-Otto Meissner
Meissner
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Rolf Kutschera
Albrecht Wolf
Overview
French docu-drama which chronicles the chain of events that lead to the hanging of German-journalist Richard Sorge, who was executed in 1944 after he was found supplying classified information to the Russians.
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