Movie, 1925
The Death Ray
IMDb 5.2, 125 min, Science Fiction, Drama, Soviet Union
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.
Cast
20 credited
Porfiri Podobed
Podobed, engineer-inventor
Vsevolod Pudovkin
Pater Revo, catholic priest
Sergei Komarov
Tomas Lann
Vladimir Fogel
Fog, fascist
Alexandra Khokhlova
Sharpshooter / Sister Edith
SK
Sergey Khokhlov
Freddie, Edith's son
IS
Inna Stravinskaya
Stoker's daughter
AS
A. Strabinskaya
Shura, Podobed's assistant
AG
Andrei Gorchilin
Rapp, electric technician
AC
Anna Chekulaeva
Rapp's wife
Pyotr Galadzhev
Ruller, factory owner / Circus director
Leonid Obolensky
Hard, leader of fascists
Details
DirectorLev Kuleshov
WritersVsevolod Pudovkin
GenreScience Fiction, Drama
Runtime125 min
ReleasedMon, Mar 16, 1925
CountrySoviet Union
IMDBtt0016049
