MJORTVYJ SESON
/ THE DEAD SEASON
DIRECTOR: SAVVA KULIS
USSR 1968
An adventure film based on a true story: KGB agent Ladeinikov is dispatched
to track down the German war criminal Haas, who during WW2 tested psycho-chemical
weapons on Soviet prisoners-of-war, and after the war continues his experiments
with dangerous substances in a small town in the west. Ladeinikov hopes
to identify Haas with the assistance of Savushkin, a Moscow actor and
former prisoner-of-war. After a number of perilous adventures Savushkin
returns safely to Moscow, secret documents in his bag. Ladeinikov, however,
falls into the hands of the counterintellegence. In the USSR this political
thriller was seen by 35 million viewers.
Alpha: 11.04. / 4.00 pm |