Espion, lève-toi is a 1982 French spy thriller film directed by Yves Boisset about a sleeper agent in Zurich, based on the thriller Chance Awakening (1977) by George Markstein.
This film was first supposed to be directed by Andrzej Żuławski, but in the end it was Yves Boisset who did it. This was the second time that Yves Boisset worked together with Ennio Morricone, after their 1972 film Plot.
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Awards
1982 – Nomination for best film at Mystfest
Cast and roles
Lino Ventura - Sébastien Grenier
Michel Piccoli - Jean-Paul Chance
Bruno Cremer - Alain Richard
Bernard Fresson - Henri Marchand
Marc Mazza - Ramos Bavila
Roger Jendly - Le commissaire Lohmann
Heinz Bennent - Meyer
Krystyna Janda - Anna Gretz, compagne de Sébastien Grenier
Beate Kopp - La secrétaire de Grenier
Christian Baltauss - Le bibliothécaire
Kurt Bigger - Alfred Zimmer
Jean-Paul Franky - Rudy la blonde
Yves Boisset - L'adjoint de Richard
Daniel Plancherel - L'inspecteur Vogel
Philippe Brizard - Le collaborateur de Grenier
Crew
Director: Yves Boisset
First Assistant Director:Urs Egger
Script: Yves Boisset, Michel Audiard and Claude Veillot
Producer: Norbert Saada for Cathala Productions and TF1 Films Productions
Production manager: Georges Vallon, Marcel Just
Music: Ennio Morricone
Camera: Jean Boffety, Pierre-William Glenn
Editor: Albert Jurgenson, Jean-François Naudon
Art director: Serge Douy
Set decorator: André Labussière
Special effects: Daniel Braunschweig
Propmaster: Daniel Garbade
Make-up artist: Christiane Sauvage
Sound: Pierre Lenoir, Denis Carquin