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Science Fiction / Drama / Thriller

The Death Ray.

In a Western capitalist country where a fascist government attempts to suppress a socialist uprising, revolutionary leader Thomas Lamm is imprisoned by the government but he escapes to the Soviet Union. There, he meets the engineer Podobed who invents the 'death ray' – a device which explodes gunpowder and fuel mixtures at a distance.

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Directed by Lev Kuleshov

THE PEOPLE BEHIND THE STORY

Cast.

Porfiri Podobed

Porfiri Podobed

Podobed, engineer-inventor

Vsevolod Pudovkin

Vsevolod Pudovkin

Pater Revo, catholic priest

Sergei Komarov

Sergei Komarov

Tomas Lann

Vladimir Fogel

Vladimir Fogel

Fog, fascist

Alexandra Khokhlova

Alexandra Khokhlova

Sharpshooter / Sister Edith

Sergey Khokhlov

Sergey Khokhlov

Freddie, Edith's son

Inna Stravinskaya

Inna Stravinskaya

Stoker's daughter

A. Strabinskaya

A. Strabinskaya

Shura, Podobed's assistant

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