The Dead Season (1969)

  • NR
  • 04/18/1969 (FI)
  • War, Thriller
  • 2h 18m

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.

Savva Kulish

Director

Aleksandr Shlepyanov

Writer

Vladimir Vaynshtok

Writer

Cast

Donatas Banionis's headshot

Donatas Banionis

Konstantin Ladeinikov
Rolan Bykov's headshot

Rolan Bykov

Ivan Savushkin
Bruno Frejndlikh's headshot

Bruno Frejndlikh

Valery Petrovich
Gennadiy Yukhtin's headshot

Gennadiy Yukhtin

Muravyov
Jüri Järvet's headshot

Jüri Järvet

Professor O'Reilly
Sergei Kurilov's headshot

Sergei Kurilov

Pavel Bocharov
Ants Eskola's headshot

Ants Eskola

Smith
Einari Koppel's headshot

Einari Koppel

Drayton

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