The Dead Season (1968)
The Dead Season (1968) - War Movies 138 minutes. Мёртвый сезон, Sezon Mort. Soviet spy Ladeynikov learns that in one of the pharmaceutical centers in a small resort town works a former German war criminal Dr. Hass, who is finishing the creation of a deadly chemical gas RH development of which he began during WW2 experimenting on war prisoners. Since Ladeynikov doesn't know Dr. Hass's appearance, Soviet intelligence recruits an actor, Ivan Savushkin, who during the war escaped from a prison camp where Hass was testing his gas. Together they must identify and stop him before he finishes and unleashes his weapon of mass destruction.
Released: Dec 20, 1968
Runtime: 138 minutes
Stars: Donatas Banionis, Rolan Bykov, Bruno Frejndlikh, Gennadiy Yukhtin, Jüri Järvet, Sergei Kurilov
Crew: Savva Kulish (Director), Aleksandr Shlepyanov (Writer), Vladimir Vaynshtok (Writer), I. Shorokhov (Producer), Aleksandr Chechulin (Director of Photography), Yevgeni Gukov (Production Design)