The Life and Death of Ferdinand Luce
1977, Russian. Directed by Anatoliy Bobrovskiy.
A West German concern is conducting secret negotiations on the production of an atomic bomb with an interested state. The son of the head of the concern, realizing the monstrosity and scale of his father's activities, interrupts the negotiations and returns home with the intention to publicize his father's activities.
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- Russian
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Cast & crew
- Anatoliy BobrovskiyDirector
- Vsevolod SafonovVladimirov - Soviet Journalist
- Donatas BanionisFerdinand Luce - Left-Wing Journalist
- Pavel PankovBerg - Prosecutor
- Nikolai GritsenkoFriedrich Dornbrock - Head of the Concern
- Juozas BudraitisHans Dornbrock - Son of Friedrich Dornbrock
- Igor LedogorovBauer - Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Concern
- Einari KoppelHanse Krone - Political Columnist for the Magazine «Extra One»
- Evgeniy EvstigneevDeagon - American Millionaire
- Chun Seb PakДжозеф Лим - генеральный директор концерна
- Eve KiviEugenie Schornbach - Wife of the Minister of Justice
- Vasily LivanovPayne - English Colonial Doctor in Hong Kong
- Boris IvanovHuxman - Bauer's Man (former nazi)
Details
- Released
- 7 February 1977
- Original title
- Жизнь и смерть Фердинанда Люса
- Country
- Soviet Union, East Germany, Germany, Czechoslovakia, Japan
- Written by
- Yulian Semyonov
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What The Life and Death of Ferdinand Luce is based on
The Life and Death of Ferdinand Luce is based on A Bomb for the Chairman, a 1973 novel by Yulian Semyonov, published by Voenizdat.
Novel · 1973
A Bomb for the Chairman
By Yulian Semyonov
Published by Voenizdat
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The Life and Death of Ferdinand Luce (1977) was directed by Anatoliy Bobrovskiy and stars Vsevolod Safonov, Donatas Banionis, Pavel Pankov.
What is The Life and Death of Ferdinand Luce based on?
The Life and Death of Ferdinand Luce is based on A Bomb for the Chairman, a 1973 novel by Yulian Semyonov, published by Voenizdat.