The Death Ray (1925)
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.
Director: Lev Kuleshov
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Porfiri Podobed as Podobed, engineer-inventor |
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Vsevolod Pudovkin as Pater Revo, catholic priest |
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Sergei Komarov as Tomas Lann |
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Vladimir Fogel as Fog, fascist |
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Alexandra Khokhlova as Sharpshooter / Sister Edith |
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Sergey Khokhlov as Freddie, Edith's son |
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Inna Stravinskaya as Stoker's daughter |
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A. Strabinskaya as Shura, Podobed's assistant |
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Andrei Gorchilin as Rapp, electric technician |
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Anna Chekulaeva as Rapp's wife |
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Pyotr Galadzhev as Ruller, factory owner / Circus director |
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Leonid Obolensky as Hard, leader of fascists |
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Viktor Pilschikov as Ruller's nephew |
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Mikhail Doller as |
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Lev Kuleshov as |
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Alexandr Gromov as Factory worker |
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Andrey Fayt as Agent |
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Sergey Slyotov as |
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Fyodor Ivanov as Gendarme |
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Vera Marinich as Worker woman |
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Vladimir Kochetov as Man of Revo |
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Eduard Gunn as Doorman |
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Aleksandr Safroshin as |
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Alexei Alexeev as (uncredited) |
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Alexandr Konstantinov as |
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Valentina Lopatina as Worker woman (uncredited) |
| Directing | Lev Kuleshov | Director |
| Directing | Leonid Obolensky | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Vsevolod Pudovkin | Assistant Director |
| Writing | Vsevolod Pudovkin | Writer |
| Directing | S. Komarov | Assistant Director |
| Camera | Aleksandr Levitsky | Director of Photography |
| Directing | Alexandra Khokhlova | Assistant Director |
| Art | Vasiliy Rakhals | Production Design |
| Art | Vsevolod Pudovkin | Production Design |
