The Death Ray
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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.
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Porfiri Podobed
Podobed, engineer-inventor
Also in
The Extraordinary Adventures of Mr. West in the Land of the Bolsheviks
By the Law
Vsevolod Pudovkin
Pater Revo, catholic priest
Known for
Ivan the Terrible, Part II: The Boyars' Plot
Mother
Sergei Komarov
Tomas Lann
Known for
Chess Fever
Vladimir Fogel
Fog, fascist
Known for
Chess Fever
Alexandra Khokhlova
Sharpshooter / Sister Edith
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By the Law
The Great Consoler
Sergey Khokhlov
Freddie, Edith's son
No other roles listed
Inna Stravinskaya
Stoker's daughter
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A. Strabinskaya
Shura, Podobed's assistant
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Andrei Gorchilin
Rapp, electric technician
Also in
A Simple Case
The Extraordinary Adventures of Mr. West in the Land of the Bolsheviks
Anna Chekulaeva
Rapp's wife
Also in
A Simple Case
Loss of Feeling
Pyotr Galadzhev
Ruller, factory owner / Circus director
Also in
By the Law
The Extraordinary Adventures of Mr. West in the Land of the Bolsheviks
Leonid Obolensky
Hard, leader of fascists
Also in
Russia Is Young
Walnut Bread
Lev Kuleshov Director · Vsevolod Pudovkin Writer Aleksandr Levitsky Cinematographer
First release March 16, 1925 · Produced in Russia, Russia · Production Goskino USSR
Production
Goskino
Production
Goskino USSR
Production
Russia · Russia
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Original title
Луч смерти
Original language
Russian
Spoken on screen
No dialogue
Release dates
Russia · March 16, 1925
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
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