The Death Ray

IMDb 5.2 1925 • 125 min • Science FictionDrama

Director

Lev Kuleshov

Country

SU

Plot Summary

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.

Top Cast

Porfiri Podobed
Porfiri Podobed Podobed, engineer-inventor
Vsevolod Pudovkin
Vsevolod Pudovkin Pater Revo, catholic priest
Sergei Komarov
Sergei Komarov Tomas Lann
Vladimir Fogel
Vladimir Fogel Fog, fascist
Alexandra Khokhlova
Alexandra Khokhlova Sharpshooter / Sister Edith