Luch smerti (1925)

Also known as The Death Ray

1925 · Silent film · 76 min · dir. Lev Kuleshov

• Science Fiction
• Drama

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Synopsis

In an unknown capitalist country, workers stage a revolt but are heavily repressed by the boss and fascists. One of them, Tomas Lann, manages to escape to USSR where he meets engineer Podobed who invented the "death ray", a powerful laser beam. However capitalist spies manage to steal the device and use it to repress strikes in their country. Eventually, Tomas manages to recuperate the device to fight back. (Note: the beginning and ending of the movie have been lost.)

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Details

Director

Lev Kuleshov

Writer

Vsevolod Pudovkin

Cinematography

Aleksandr Levitsky

Studio

Goskino

Released

1925-03-16

Original title

Луч смерти

Running time

76 minutes

Cast & crew

• Lev Kuleshov Director
• Porfiri Podobed
• Vsevolod Pudovkin
• Sergei Komarov
• Vladimir Fogel
• Alexandra Khokhlova
• SSergey Khokhlov
• IInna Stravinskaya
• AA. Strabinskaya

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