Germany, the 1930s. A young scientist, Professor Johannes Werner discovers rays of life-giving power. The scientist refuses to give up his invention for military use and, breaking the equipment, runs to the USA, where he hides for a long time under the name of Martini. One day, after being invited to a military industrial concern to see a new European invention, Werner meets his former pupil Huber. Huber, a traitor and fascist, has restored the professor's apparatus according to stolen plans and is demonstrating it as his own invention. Werner rejects the proposal for joint cooperation and, at a meeting in the hall of scientific associations, reveals his real name and resolutely reveals the criminal intentions of the revanchists.
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Vladimir Balashov
Senator
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Vasiliy Livanov
Johannes Werner
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Grigoriy Roshal
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Suzie Hagger
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Viktor Khokhryakov
Siegfried Gruber
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Olga Sergeevna
Vladimir Belokurov
Fred Hagger
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Michael Hagger
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Lidiya Sukharevskaya
Juliana Grey
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Mikhail Kozakov
Michel
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Georgi Chernovolenko
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Grigoriy Roshal Director · Mieczysław Weinberg Composer Leonid Kosmatov Cinematographer
First release January 1, 1961 · Produced in Russia · Original title Суд сумасшедших
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Mosfilm
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Russia
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Original title
Суд сумасшедших
Original language
Russian
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Russian
Release dates
Russia · January 1, 1961
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