The Dead Season (1968)

12/06/1968 (SU) • 2h 18m

War, Thriller

Overview

Soviet spy Ladeynikov learns that in one of the pharmaceutical centers in a small resort town works a former German war criminal Dr. Hass, who is finishing the creation of a deadly chemical gas RH development of which he began during WW2 experimenting on war prisoners. Since Ladeynikov doesn't know Dr. Hass's appearance, Soviet intelligence recruits an actor, Ivan Savushkin, who during the war escaped from a prison camp where Hass was testing his gas. Together they must identify and stop him before he finishes and unleashes his weapon of mass destruction.

Top Billed Cast

Donatas Banionis

Konstantin Ladeinikov

Rolan Bykov

Ivan Savushkin

Bruno Frejndlikh

Valery Petrovich

Jüri Järvet

Professor O'Reilly

Sergei Kurilov

Pavel Bocharov

Vladimir Erenberg

Professor Born/Hass


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Status

Released

Original Language

Russian

Budget

-

Revenue

-

Keywords

based on true story

soviet intelligence officer

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