The Dead Season
1968, Russian. Directed by Savva Kulish.
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 that he began during World War II, experimenting on POWs. 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.
- Runtime
- 2h 18m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Russian
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Cast & crew
- Savva KulishDirector
- Donatas BanionisKonstantin Ladeinikov
- Rolan BykovIvan Savushkin
- Bruno FrejndlikhValery Petrovich
- Gennadiy YukhtinMuravyov
- Jüri JärvetProfessor O'Reilly
- Sergei KurilovPavel Bocharov
- Ants EskolaSmith
- Einari KoppelDrayton
- Vladimir ErenbergProfessor Born/Hass
- Svetlana KorkoshkoEllis
- Leonhard MerzinFather Mortimer
- Anda ZaiceKatherine
Details
- Released
- 6 December 1968
- Original title
- Мертвый сезон
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Written by
- Aleksandr Shlepyanov, Vladimir Vaynshtok
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The Dead Season runs 138 minutes (2h 18m).
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The Dead Season isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 6 December 1968. (Checked 12 November 2026.)
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Who directed The Dead Season?
The Dead Season (1968) was directed by Savva Kulish and stars Donatas Banionis, Rolan Bykov, Bruno Frejndlikh.
What is The Dead Season based on?
The Dead Season is based on a true story.