Dead Season

Dead Season
(Мёртвый сезон)
Dead Season; (Мёртвый сезон)
Directed by	Savva Kulish
Written by	Aleksandr Shlepyanov; Vladimir Vajnshtok
Starring	Donatas Banionis; Rolan Bykov; Sergei Kurilov
Cinematography	Aleksandr Chechulin
Music by	Andrei Volkonsky
Production; company	Lenfilm
Release date	20 December 1968;
Running time	138 minutes
Country	Soviet Union
Language	Russian

Dead Season (Template:Lang-ru, translit. Myortvyy sezon) is a 1968 Soviet spy film directed by Savva Kulish based on a screenplay by Aleksandr Shlepyanov and Vladimir Vajnshtok and featuring Donatas Banionis and Rolan Bykov.

Plot

A connection between Dr. Hass and the West German intelligence was killed at an airport in one of the European countries. Encryption was discovered in the pocket of the murdered person for the purchase of raw material for mass production of RH gas.

The possibilities of gas are such that in small doses it stimulates the intellectual potential of a person, in large ones it turns them into a joyous idiot and a laborer-robot. The case of Haas is handled by the Soviet intelligence colonel Konstantin Ladeynikov. The main difficulty is that Ladeynikov has fallen into the sight of the intelligence services, but the intelligence officer asks for permission from his leadership to stay in the country and continue work.

However, Ladeynikov has no portrait of Hass so he needs a person who can identify him. The KGB leadership appeals to the actor of the children's theater, the father of two children, Ivan Savushkin, with a request to draw a portrait of Hass. In 1944, Savushkin fled from a Nazi concentration camp, where Hass conducted his fatal experiments, turning people into meaningless animals. Over time, Savushkin understands how much he depends on him in the operation with Haas and agrees to go to help Ladeynikov. In addition, he knows German well.

Cast

Donatas Banionis as Ladeynikov / Lonsfield (voiced by Alexander Demyanenko)
Rolan Bykov as Savushkin
Gennadi Yukhtin as Muravyov
Bruno Freindlich as Valery Petrovich
Svetlana Korkoshko as Ellis
Jüri Järvet as Professor O'Reilly
Laimonas Noreika as Nicholls
Stepan Krylov as former prisoner of concentration camp
Ants Eskola as Smith
Leonhard Merzin as Father Mortimer
Einari Koppel as Drayton
Mauri Raus as Greban
Vladimir Erenberg as Professor Born / Hass
Anda Zaice as Catrine

Trivia

Film features a scene of exchange of the spies on the Glienicke Bridge.
Vladimir Putin once stated that Banionis' part in the film was the reason why he joined the KGB.^[1]

References

^ Suebsaeng, Asawin (5 September 2014). "How the Actor Donatas Banionis Inspired Vladimir Putin to Become a Spy". The Daily Beast. The Daily Beast.com. Retrieved 5 September 2014.

External links

Dead Season at IMDb

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[death-1] Suebsaeng, Asawin (5 September 2014). "How the Actor Donatas Banionis Inspired Vladimir Putin to Become a Spy". The Daily Beast. The Daily Beast.com. Retrieved 5 September 2014.

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