Torn Curtain (1966)

USA, 128 min
Facebook Twitter Tumblr Pinterest Email

Table of contents

Other manifestations of this work

Basic facts

Original title Torn Curtain
Film type Feature
Category Fiction
Director
Producer
Screenplay
Production country
  • USA
Production company
Classification Allowed from age 15
Dialogue
  • English
  • German
  • Swedish
  • Norwegian
Swedish release 1966-09-26

Cast

Paul Newman
professor Michael Armstrong, kärnfysiker vid US Interspace Committee

Julie Andrews
Dr. Sarah Louise Sherman, Armstrongs assistent

Lila Kedrova
grevinnan Kuchinska

Hansjörg Felmy
Heinrich Gerhard, östtysk säkerhetsman

Tamara Toumanova
ballerinan

Wolfgang Kieling
Hermann Gromek, Armstrongs säkerhetsvakt

Show more

Links and resources

Read more about this film in our article "The Spies Who Did Not Come in from the Cold" (in English)
Read more about this film in our article "Yrke: reporter" (in Swedish)

Titles

Original title
  • Torn Curtain
Swedish release title
  • En läcka i ridån
Distribution title
  • Der zerrissene Vorhang (Västtyskland)

Crew

Director
Screenplay
Producer
Production Manager
Director of Photography
Music
Production Designer
Film Editor
Production Mixer
Assistant Director
Assistant to the Director
Stunt Coordinator
Script Supervisor
Camera Operator
Special Photographic Effects
Conductor
Orchestration
Set Decorator
Costume Designer
Make-up Supervisor
Hair Stylist
Storyboard

Cast

Paul Newman professor Michael Armstrong, kärnfysiker vid US Interspace Committee
Julie Andrews Dr. Sarah Louise Sherman, Armstrongs assistent
Lila Kedrova grevinnan Kuchinska
Hansjörg Felmy Heinrich Gerhard, östtysk säkerhetsman
Tamara Toumanova ballerinan
Wolfgang Kieling Hermann Gromek, Armstrongs säkerhetsvakt
Ludwig Donath professor Gustav Lindt vid Karl Marxuniversitetet i Leipzig
Günter Strack Professor Karl Manfred
David Opatoshu Herr Jacobi
Gisela Fischer doktor Koska vid Karl Marxuniversitetet
Mort Mills bonden, Armstrongs kontaktman
Carolyn Conwell bondens fru
Arthur Gould-Porter Freddy, föreståndaren för Elo Boghandel i Köpenhamn
Gloria Gorvin Fräulein Mann, den upprörda kvinnan i bussen
- Ej krediterade:
Erik Holland reseportiern på Hotel D'Angleterre i Köpenhamn
Hedley Mattingly flygplatstjänstemannen
Norbert Schiller Gutmann, prorektorn vid Karl Marxuniversitetet
Peter Bourne professor Olaf Hengstrom, forskare vid Svenska Vetenskapsakademien
Peter Lorre Jr. taxichaufför
Frank Obershall fabrikschefen
Lyle Sudrow den svenske tulltjänstemannen i Trelleborgs hamn
Robert Boon Professor Winkelmann
Harold Dyrenforth Otto Haupt, Armstrongs nya säkerhetsvakt
Linda Carol dansös
Rico Cattani flyktbussens chaufför
Andrea Darvi tysk skolflicka
Ben Frommer skeptisk flygpassagerare
Sasha Harden gränsvakt
Joe Harris medlem av baletten
Nancy Kilgas medlem av baletten
Jan Malmsjö pressfotograf i Trelleborg
Mischa Hausserman idealistisk ung man
Gerd Rein östtysk polis
Gene Roth vakt på postkontoret
Alfred Hitchcock man i Hotel D'Angleterrres lobby med baby i knäet
Wilhelm von Homburg blond tvilling på bussen
Karel Hradilák

Companies

Production Company Alfred Hitchcock Productions Inc.
Universal Pictures
Copyright Universal Pictures 1966-08-06 (LP35396)
Distributor in Sweden (35 mm) Universal Film AB 1966
Distributor in Sweden (DVD) Universal Pictures Nordic AB 2002
Universal Pictures Nordic AB 2013

Swedish censorship / rating

Censorship number 104738
Date 1969-06-05
Classification Allowed from age 15
Original length 80 meters
Notes Trailer.


Censorship number 104765
Date 1966-09-05
Classification Allowed from age 15
Original length 3510 meters
Notes Aktlängder: 510, 510, 500, 480, 560, 540, 410.


Technical specifications

Aspect ratio 1.85:1
Sound type Sound
Sound system Westrex Sound Recording
Colour type Colour
Colour system Technicolor
Carrier type 35 mm
Length in metres 3510 meter
Length in minutes 128 min


Production location

1965-11 1966-03
Universal Studios Universal City, Kalifornien USA (ateljé)
Copenhagen Denmark
Berlin West Germany
Bovard Administration Building, USC Los Angeles, Kalifornien USA

Release dates

First showing 1966-07-14 Boston, Massachusetts USA 128 min
Release in Sweden 1966-09-26 China Stockholm Sweden 128 min
1966-09-26 Fontänen Stockholm Sweden 128 min
1966-09-26 Skandia Stockholm Sweden 128 min
Cinematheque screening, archive copy 1998-10-03
TV showing 1999-07-25 TV3 Sweden 123 min
2000-10-29 TV3 Sweden 123 min
DVD release 2002-07-03 Sweden
TV showing 2004-08-30 TV3 Sweden 123 min
2004-12-13 TV3 Sweden 123 min
Cinematheque screening, archive copy 2007-10-03
DVD release 2013-09-25 Sweden
Cinematheque screening, archive copy 2022-11-05 Stockholm Sweden

Holdings Film

The information given here refers to film material in the Swedish Film Institute’s archive. Access to the archive’s stock is given on request, for research, other film archives and rights’ holders. For enquiries please contact filmarkivet@filminstitutet.se

Element type Print
Item base Acetate
Carrier type 35 mm


Element type Print
Item base Acetate
Carrier type 35 mm
Length 3465


Element type Print
Item base Acetate
Carrier type 35 mm
Length 3477


Holdings Posters

Size About 70 x 100 cm
Quantity 2


Size Smaller than 40 x 75 cm
Quantity 2


Holdings Scripts

Script type Cutting continuity
Language English


Holdings Stills

Black and white print 8
Slides 2
Album No


Holdings Promotion materials

Type Program/Reklamtryck


Related

    Contact the editors

    Are you missing some information about the movie or is something on this page incorrect? If so, we would really like to know about it. Write a few lines to us editors and we'll take a look at it.

    What is it about?