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The Dead Season
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The Dead Season

1968-12-06 · 138 min · ★ 5.3

Thriller · Drama · Crime

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.

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Directors
Savva Kulish
Production companies
Lenfilm
Countries
Soviet Union
Status
Released

Top Cast

Donatas BanionisDonatas BanionisKonstantin Ladeinikov
Rolan BykovRolan BykovIvan Savushkin
Bruno FrejndlikhBruno FrejndlikhValery Petrovich
Gennadiy YukhtinGennadiy YukhtinMuravyov
Jüri JärvetJüri JärvetProfessor O'Reilly
Sergei KurilovSergei KurilovPavel Bocharov
Ants EskolaAnts EskolaSmith
Einari KoppelEinari KoppelDrayton
Vladimir ErenbergVladimir ErenbergProfessor Born/Hass
Svetlana KorkoshkoSvetlana KorkoshkoEllis
Leonhard MerzinLeonhard MerzinFather Mortimer
Anda ZaiceAnda ZaiceKatherine
Nikolay Zaseev-RudenkoNikolay Zaseev-Rudenko
Mikhail IvanovMikhail Ivanov
Stepan KrylovStepan Krylov
Heino MandriHeino Mandri
Vadim MedvedevVadim Medvedev
Vytautas TomkusVytautas Tomkus
Avgust Baltrusaitis
Ants LauterAnts Lauter

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