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Topaz

  • 19691969
  • M/PGM/PG
  • 2h 23m
IMDb RATING
6.2/10
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Topaz (1969)
A French Intelligence Agent becomes embroiled in the Cold War politics first with uncovering the events leading up to the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis, and then back to France to break up an international Russian spy ring.
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A French Intelligence Agent becomes embroiled in the Cold War politics first with uncovering the events leading up to the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis, and then back to France to break up an in... Read allA French Intelligence Agent becomes embroiled in the Cold War politics first with uncovering the events leading up to the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis, and then back to France to break up an international Russian spy ring.A French Intelligence Agent becomes embroiled in the Cold War politics first with uncovering the events leading up to the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis, and then back to France to break up an international Russian spy ring.
IMDb RATING
6.2/10
19K
YOUR RATING
  • Director
    • Alfred Hitchcock
  • Writers
    • Leon Uris(from the novel by)
    • Samuel A. Taylor(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Frederick Stafford
    • Dany Robin
    • John Vernon
  • Director
    • Alfred Hitchcock
  • Writers
    • Leon Uris(from the novel by)
    • Samuel A. Taylor(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Frederick Stafford
    • Dany Robin
    • John Vernon
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 115User reviews
    • 58Critic reviews
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 3 wins & 1 nomination

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    Photos96

    Roscoe Lee Browne, John Vernon, and Carlos Rivas in Topaz (1969)
    John Vernon, Karin Dor, and Carlos Rivas in Topaz (1969)
    Claude Jade, Philippe Noiret, and Frederick Stafford in Topaz (1969)
    Karin Dor, John Roper, and Frederick Stafford in Topaz (1969)
    John Forsythe and Michel Piccoli in Topaz (1969)
    Roscoe Lee Browne, John Vernon, and Carlos Rivas in Topaz (1969)
    Dany Robin and Frederick Stafford in Topaz (1969)
    John Forsythe and Tina Hedström in Topaz (1969)
    Philippe Noiret and Michel Subor in Topaz (1969)
    Claude Jade and Michel Subor in Topaz (1969)
    Alfred Hitchcock and Claude Jade in Topaz (1969)
    "Topaz," Alfred Hitchcock. Publicity Photo, c. 1969.

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    Frederick Stafford
    Frederick Stafford
    • Andre Devereaux
    Dany Robin
    Dany Robin
    • Nicole Devereaux
    John Vernon
    John Vernon
    • Rico Parra
    Karin Dor
    Karin Dor
    • Juanita de Cordoba
    Michel Piccoli
    Michel Piccoli
    • Jacques Granville
    Philippe Noiret
    Philippe Noiret
    • Henri Jarre
    Claude Jade
    Claude Jade
    • Michele Picard
    Michel Subor
    Michel Subor
    • Francois Picard
    Per-Axel Arosenius
    • Boris Kusenov
    Roscoe Lee Browne
    Roscoe Lee Browne
    • Philippe Dubois
    Edmon Ryan
    Edmon Ryan
    • McKittreck
    Sonja Kolthoff
    • Mrs. Kusenova
    Tina Hedström
    Tina Hedström
    • Tamara Kusenova
    • (as Tina Hedstrom)
    John Van Dreelen
    John Van Dreelen
    • Claude Martin
    Donald Randolph
    Donald Randolph
    • Luis Uribe
    • (as Don Randolph)
    Roberto Contreras
    Roberto Contreras
    • Muñoz
    Carlos Rivas
    Carlos Rivas
    • Hernandez
    Roger Til
    Roger Til
    • Jean Chabrier
    • Director
      • Alfred Hitchcock
    • Writers
      • Leon Uris(from the novel by)
      • Samuel A. Taylor(screenplay)
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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      According to Alfred Hitchcock, this was another of his experimental movies. In addition to the dialogue, the plot is revealed through the use of colors, predominantly red, yellow, and white. He admits that this did not work out.
    • Goofs
      A shot during the May Day parade sequence at the beginning of the film clearly reveals the parade to be taking place during the 50th anniversary of the October revolution (around the 1:29 mark), putting it in 1967 as opposed to 1961-63 when the story is supposed to have taken place. Therefore a person watching this parade could not have possibly defected to the USA and warned them of the Soviet missile deployment in Cuba (as is claimed in the beginning of the film).
    • Quotes

      Nicole Devereaux: Okay, I'm going. And you two secret agents can settle down and be secret agents.

      Andre Devereaux: I wish you wouldn't use such words, my love.

      Nicole Devereaux: Why? Who do you think you are fooling, my master spy? Everybody in Washington knows that you are not a Commercial Attaché. Everybody in Washington knows that the Chief of Russian Intelligence is the chauffeur who drives a car for...

      Andre Devereaux: Everybody in Washington does *not* know these things. And I would thank you not to repeat them. Go to bed.

      Michael Nordstrom: Nicole, where did you hear that about the Chief of Russian Intelligence?

      Nicole Devereaux: From my butcher.

    • Crazy credits
      Opening credits prologue: Somewhere in this crowd is a high Russian official who disagrees with his government's display of force and what it threatens. Very soon his conscience will force him to attempt an escape while apparently on a vacation with his family. Copenhagen, Denmark Nineteen Hundred Sixty-two
    • Alternate versions
      Hitchcock shot two versions with completely different endings. Both endings are featured in the laserdisc version.
    • Connections
      Edited into Topaz: Alternative Endings (1969)
    • Soundtracks
      Chant sans paroles, op. 40, No. 6
      (1878)

      Written by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (as Pyotr Tchaikovsky)

    User reviews115

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    Truly Hitchcockian despite its weaknesses
    Unfortunately, I'd only come across the weak ending version. Despite of that, it's a truly Hitchcockian film. The memorable scenes are pure and exclusively visual: the intriguing start, the stealing of the documents, the death of Juanita, the torturing of the cuban spies, the discovery of the body at Jarre's apartment, the meal of the french officers...

    Hitchcock used to take technical challenges in every one of his films, I assume that here he committed to deliver the most complicated information concerning the plot without using dialogue, and he succeed.

    There's a lot of subtle humor and some clever twists. The cuban officers are just great, absolutely surreal. I loved the atmosphere in that hotel room, with people doing paperwork, smoking cigars and drinking, and the detail of the hamburger wrapped in the document. I think the very broad differences in tone between the three main sections of the film affects the pace and the appreciation of the story as a whole.

    It's amazing how Hitchcock managed to survive in it in the light of the multitude of trouble this film went through.

    Watching the video version edited in Norway had its extra. Amazingly, all subtitles were delayed a good five, six minutes throughout the entire film, so you actually had text during the silent scenes and incongruities such as love words during killings.
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    Details

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    • Release date
      • December 19, 1969 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official site
      • Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
    • Languages
      • English
      • Spanish
      • French
      • Russian
    • Also known as
      • Alfred Hitchcock's Topaz
    • Filming locations
      • Frederiksberg, Denmark
    • Production company
      • Alfred J. Hitchcock Productions
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    • Budget
      • $4,000,000 (estimated)
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    • Runtime
      2 hours 23 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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