The Death Ray

Original title: Луч смерти

Duration: 125 min

Release date: 1925-03-16

IMDB

In a capitalist country, workers are heavily repressed but manage to get a "death ray" to fight back. (A part of the movie is lost.)

Science Fiction Drama

Луч смерти

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Porfiri Podobed

Porfiri Podobed

as Podobed, engineer-inventor

Vsevolod Pudovkin

Vsevolod Pudovkin

as Pater Revo, catholic priest

as Fog, fascist

Alexandra Khokhlova

Alexandra Khokhlova

as Sharpshooter / Sister Edith

Sergey Khokhlov

Sergey Khokhlov

as Freddie, Edith's son

Inna Stravinskaya

Inna Stravinskaya

as Stoker's daughter

A. Strabinskaya

A. Strabinskaya

as Shura, Podobed's assistant

Andrei Gorchilin

Andrei Gorchilin

as Rapp, electric technician

Anna Chekulaeva

Anna Chekulaeva

Pyotr Galadzhev

Pyotr Galadzhev

as Ruller, factory owner / Circus director

Leonid Obolensky

Leonid Obolensky

as Hard, leader of fascists

Viktor Pilschikov

Viktor Pilschikov

as Ruller's nephew

Alexandr Gromov

Alexandr Gromov

as Factory worker

as Worker woman

Vladimir Kochetov

Vladimir Kochetov

Aleksandr Safroshin

Aleksandr Safroshin

as (uncredited)

Alexandr Konstantinov

Alexandr Konstantinov

Valentina Lopatina

Valentina Lopatina

as Worker woman (uncredited)

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Leonid Obolensky

Leonid Obolensky

Assistant Director

Vsevolod Pudovkin

Vsevolod Pudovkin

Assistant Director

Vsevolod Pudovkin

Vsevolod Pudovkin

Assistant Director

Aleksandr Levitsky

Aleksandr Levitsky

Director of Photography

Alexandra Khokhlova

Alexandra Khokhlova

Assistant Director

Vasiliy Rakhals

Vasiliy Rakhals

Production Design

Vsevolod Pudovkin

Vsevolod Pudovkin

Production Design

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