CinemaOSMovie · 1925 · 2h 5m

The Death Ray

52%(12)IMDbScience FictionDrama

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.

Directed byLev Kuleshov

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Status
Released
Runtime
2h 5m
Language
RU
Released
March 16, 1925
Studios
Goskino

Featuring

Cast & crew

10 credited
Starring
Porfiri Podobed

Porfiri Podobed

Podobed, engineer-inventor

Vsevolod Pudovkin

Vsevolod Pudovkin

Pater Revo, catholic priest

Sergei Komarov

Tomas Lann

Vladimir Fogel

Vladimir Fogel

Fog, fascist

Alexandra Khokhlova

Alexandra Khokhlova

Sharpshooter / Sister Edith

Sergey Khokhlov

Freddie, Edith's son

Inna Stravinskaya

Stoker's daughter

A. Strabinskaya

Shura, Podobed's assistant

Andrei Gorchilin

Rapp, electric technician

Anna Chekulaeva

Rapp's wife

Creative team
Directed by
Lev Kuleshov
Lev Kuleshov
Written by
Vsevolod Pudovkin
Vsevolod Pudovkin

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