Dead Season

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Language: In Russian USSR | 1969 | film in 2 parts | 2 hrs Directed by Savva Kulish. Written by Alexander Shlepyanov and Vladimir Vladimirov. Cast: Donatas Banionis as Ladeinikov, Rolan Bykov as Savushkin. This is the story of a Russian spy looking for German war criminals in Europe. The was the first Russian film in the genre about a modern day spy. At the beginning of the film a real Russian intelligence officer Rudolf Abel talks about the importance of his comrades' work. The film, produced at the height of the Cold War, shows the near-equal approach of the main antagonists.