The Trial of Madmen (1961)
Germany, the 1930s. A young scientist, Professor Johannes Werner discovers rays of life-giving power. The scientist refuses to give up his invention for military use and, breaking the equipment, runs to the USA, where he hides for a long time under the name of Martini. One day, after being invited to a military industrial concern to see a new European invention, Werner meets his former pupil Huber. Huber, a traitor and fascist, has restored the professor's apparatus according to stolen plans and is demonstrating it as his own invention. Werner rejects the proposal for joint cooperation and, at a meeting in the hall of scientific associations, reveals his real name and resolutely reveals the criminal intentions of the revanchists.
Director:
Grigoriy Roshal
Writer:
Grigoriy Roshal
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Vladimir Balashov as Senator |
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Vasiliy Livanov as Johannes Werner |
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Irina Skobtseva as Suzie Hagger |
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Viktor Khokhryakov as Siegfried Gruber |
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Vladimir Belokurov as Fred Hagger |
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Vladimir Yemelyanov as Abraham Hagger |
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Andrei Konchalovsky as Michael Hagger |
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Lidiya Sukharevskaya as Juliana Grey |
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Mikhail Kozakov as Michel |
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Georgi Chernovolenko as Company President |
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Yuriy Yakovlev as Journalist Richard Stark |
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Olga Krasina as Claire |
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Maya Bulgakova as Greta Norman |
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Ariadna Shengelaia as Regina Mayer |
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Roman Khomyatov as Henry Brown |
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Nikolay Burlyaev as Sam Hagger |
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Pyotr Sobolevsky as |
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Pavel Shpringfeld as Orderly Bill |
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Mikhail Orlov as |
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Robert Ross as Johnny |
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Zoia Rusina as Mary |
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Nonna Ten as Misuki |
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Tamara Evgeneva-Ivanova as |
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Irakliy Andronikov as narrator |
| Directing | Grigoriy Roshal | Director |
| Writing | Grigoriy Roshal | Screenplay |
| Camera | Leonid Kosmatov | Director of Photography |
| Art | Yosyp Shpinel | Production Design |
| Sound | Mieczysław Weinberg | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Lev Trakhtenberg | Sound Director |
| Directing | Maria Zarzhitskaya | Assistant Director |
| Camera | Aleksandr Simonov | Camera Operator |
| Art | Georgi Grivtsov | Production Illustrator |
| Art | A. Sokolov | Production Illustrator |
| Visual Effects | Boris Aretskiy | VFX Director of Photography |
| Visual Effects | Lyudmila Aleksandrovskaya | VFX Artist |
| Editing | Alla Abramova | Editor |
| Writing | Sergey Kapitsa | Script Consultant |
| Writing | Mikhail Papava | Script Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Vladimir Yakovlev | Makeup & Hair |
| Costume & Make-Up | Vera Aralova | Costume Design |
| Sound | Yuriy Silantyev | Conductor |
| Directing | A. Tsvetnova | Second Assistant Director |
| Directing | A. Alyoshin | First Assistant Director |
| Camera | Ulf Bergstrem | Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Konstantin Suponitsky | Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Valentina Khovanskaya | Assistant Camera |
| Production | Viktor Tsirgiladze | Executive Producer |