The Dead Season

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 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.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

December 6, 1968

Original language

Russian

Spoken languages

Russian

Countries

Soviet Union

Production

Lenfilm

Cast

Avgust Baltrusaitis,Nikolay Zaseev-Rudenko,Vadim Medvedev,Anda Zaice,Bruno Frejndlikh,Mikhail Ivanov,Ants Eskola,Donatas Banionis,Leonhard Merzin,Ants Lauterand 11 more

Director

Savva Kulish

Writer

Vladimir Vaynshtok,G. Popova,Aleksandr Shlepyanov

Producer

I. Shorokhov

Cinematography

Aleksandr Chechulin

Music

Andrey Volkonsky

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0063332