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Луч смерти (Luch smerti)
Also known as Raggio di Morte in Italy : [The Death Ray]
(1925) Soviet Union
B&W : Feature film
Directed by Lev Kuleshov
Cast: Porfiri Podobed [Engineer Podobed], Vsevolod Pudovkin [Father Revo, the gang boss], S. Komarov (Sergei Komarov) [Tomas Lann], Vladimir Fogel [Fog, a fascist], Aleksandra Khokhlova [Edith’s sister], Sergei Khokhlov [Freddy, Edith’s son], N. Stravinskaya (Inna Stravinskaya), Andrei Gorchilin [Engineer Rapp], A. Chekulayeva (Anna Chekulaeva) [Rapp’s wife], A. Strabinskaya (Anya Stravinskaya) [Shura, Podobed’s assistant], Pyotr Galadzhev [Ruller; [?] and the circus director?], V. Pilshikov [Ruller’s nephew], L. Obolenskii (Leonid Obolensky) [Mayor Hard], Mikhail Doller, Aleksandr Gromov, F. Ivanov (Fyodor Ivanov), Aleksandr Konstantinov, Lev Kuleshov, S. Sletov
Goskino production; distributed by Goskino. / Scenario by Vsevolod I. Pudovkin. Art direction by Vsevolod I. Pudovkin and Vasili Rakhals. Assistant directors, Aleksandra Khokhlova, S. Komarov (Sergei Komarov), Leonid Obolensky and Vsevolod I. Pudovkin. Cinematography by Aleksandr Levitsky. / Released 16 March 1925. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.
Drama.
Survival status: Print exists [incomplete (missing first and final reels)].
Current rights holder: (unknown)
Keywords: Death - Violence
Listing updated: 26 June 2023.
References: Bardèche-History p. 176; Youngblood-Soviet pp. 90-91, 266, 318 : Website-IMDb.
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