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The Death Ray

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.

Release Date: March 16, 1925

Status: Released

Genres:

Science Fiction

Drama

Thriller

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Cast

Porfiri Podobed

Porfiri Podobed

Podobed, engineer-inventor

Vsevolod Pudovkin

Vsevolod Pudovkin

Pater Revo, catholic priest

Sergei Komarov

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

Pyotr Galadzhev

Pyotr Galadzhev

Ruller, factory owner / Circus director

Leonid Obolensky

Leonid Obolensky

Hard, leader of fascists