L'Étau

Copenhagen, winter. Footsteps in snow. A Soviet bigwig defects, setting off alarms. Soon a French agent gets caught between shadows and secrets, between Cuba and his own fractured home. Hitchcock's late-career thriller simmers rather than boils.

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Alfred Hitchcock directed L'Étau in 1969. See Alfred Hitchcock's full filmography, where to start with Alfred Hitchcock, or where to go after you've seen everything by Alfred Hitchcock.

L'Étau was released in 1969 (EN original-language production), with a runtime of 127 minutes.