War ·Thriller · Soviet Union · 1968 · 2h 18m

The Dead Season

Мертвый сезон

Director

Cast

Donatas Banionis as Konstantin Ladeinikov Rolan Bykov as Ivan Savushkin Bruno Frejndlikh as Valery Petrovich Gennadiy Yukhtin as Muravyov Jüri Järvet as Professor O'Reilly Sergei Kurilov as Pavel Bocharov

Crew

Aleksandr Chechulin — Director of Photography Yelena Mironova — Editor V. Chechulina — Editor Andrey Volkonsky — Original Music Composer Aleksandr Shlepyanov — Writer Vladimir Vaynshtok — Writer

Synopsis

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 that he began during World War II, experimenting on POWs. 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.

Mood & Themes

based on true story soviet intelligence officer

Key Collaborators

Savva Kulish Director Aleksandr Chechulin Director of Photography Yelena Mironova Editor V. Chechulina Editor Andrey Volkonsky Original Music Composer Aleksandr Shlepyanov Writer Vladimir Vaynshtok Writer Yevgeni Gukov Production Design Aleksandr Kompaneyets Costume Design

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