In preparation for Operation Overlord, the Allied invasion of Nazi occupied territory, the 'overlords' were the few Allied agents who knew the details of the operation. When one them is captured by the Germans, a double agent must infiltrate occupied Paris, with the help of a high level German officer and the French Resistance.
Ed Harris
as Gus Lang
Max von Sydow
as Jürgen Brausch
Horst Buchholz
as Walter Hoffman
Helmut Berger
as Ernst Ritter
Cyrielle Clair
as Claire Jouvet
Eric Stoltz
as Andy Wheeler
Patrick Stewart
as Colonel Peters
Graham Crowden
as Sir Geoffrey Macklin
George Mikell
as Major Seltz
Gabriel Barylli
as Dieter Träger
Peter Bonke
as Johann
Tony Rohr
as Patrick Callaghan
