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The Dead Season

1968

138 minutes

WarThriller

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.

Top Cast

Donatas Banionis headshot

Donatas Banionis

Konstantin Ladeinikov

Rolan Bykov headshot

Rolan Bykov

Ivan Savushkin

Bruno Frejndlikh headshot

Bruno Frejndlikh

Valery Petrovich

Gennadiy Yukhtin headshot

Gennadiy Yukhtin

Muravyov

Jüri Järvet headshot

Jüri Järvet

Professor O'Reilly

Sergei Kurilov headshot

Sergei Kurilov

Pavel Bocharov

Ants Eskola headshot

Ants Eskola

Smith

Einari Koppel headshot

Einari Koppel

Drayton

Vladimir Erenberg headshot

Vladimir Erenberg

Professor Born/Hass

Svetlana Korkoshko headshot

Svetlana Korkoshko

Ellis

Leonhard Merzin headshot

Leonhard Merzin

Father Mortimer

Anda Zaice headshot

Anda Zaice

Katherine

Nikolay Zaseev-Rudenko headshot

Nikolay Zaseev-Rudenko

Mikhail Ivanov headshot

Mikhail Ivanov

Stepan Krylov headshot

Stepan Krylov

Heino Mandri headshot

Heino Mandri

Vadim Medvedev headshot

Vadim Medvedev

Vytautas Tomkus headshot

Vytautas Tomkus

Avgust Baltrusaitis headshot

Avgust Baltrusaitis

Ants Lauter headshot

Ants Lauter

Vladimir Gremin headshot

Vladimir Gremin