The Dead Season

The Dead Season (1968)

06/12/1968
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 KulishDirector
  • Aleksandr ShlepyanovWriter
  • Vladimir VaynshtokWriter
  • Original Title

    Мертвый сезон

  • Status

    Released

  • Original Language

    Russian

Keywords

  • based on true story
  • soviet intelligence officer

Top Billed Cast

Donatas Banionis

Donatas Banionis

Konstantin Ladeinikov

Rolan Bykov

Rolan Bykov

Ivan Savushkin

Bruno Frejndlikh

Bruno Frejndlikh

Valery Petrovich

Gennadiy Yukhtin

Gennadiy Yukhtin

Muravyov

Jüri Järvet

Jüri Järvet

Professor O'Reilly

Sergei Kurilov

Sergei Kurilov

Pavel Bocharov

Ants Eskola

Ants Eskola

Smith

Einari Koppel

Einari Koppel

Drayton

Vladimir Erenberg

Vladimir Erenberg

Professor Born/Hass

Svetlana Korkoshko

Svetlana Korkoshko

Ellis

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