''Judgment of the Mad'' (russian: Суд сумасшедших) is a 1961 Soviet science fiction drama film directed by
Grigori Roshal
Grigori Lvovich Roshal (russian: Григорий Львович Рошаль; October 21, 1899 – January 11, 1983) was a Soviet film director and screenwriter. He directed 26 films between 1926 and 1968.
Biography
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Plot
The film takes place in Germany in the 1930s. The film tells about a scientist named Johannes Werner, who discovered the rays of the life-giving force. To prevent the use of the invention as a weapon, he destroys it and goes to the United States, where he is hiding under an assumed name. Suddenly he is offered to visit the military-industrial concern to show him a new European invention. He agrees and meets there his former pupil, who managed to recreate Werner's device and appropriated it to himself.
Cast
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Vasily Livanov
Vasily Borisovich Livanov (russian: link=no, Василий Борисович Ливанов; born 19 July 1935), MBE, is a Soviet and Russian film actor, animation and film director, screenwriter and writer most famous for portraying Sherlock H ...
- Johannes Werner
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Irina Skobtseva
Irina Konstantinovna Skobtseva (russian: Ирина Константиновна Скобцева; 22 August 1927 – 20 October 2020) was a Soviet and Russian actress and second wife of Sergei Bondarchuk.
Biography
Irina Konstantinovna Skobtsev ...
- Susie Harrer
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Viktor Khokhryakov
Viktor Ivanovich Khokhryakov (russian: Виктор Иванович Хохряков; 1913–1986) was a Soviet Russian film actor, theater actor and director. He played the composer Alexander Glazunov in the 1954 film ''Rimsky-Korsakov''.Mitch ...
- Siegfried Gruber
* Olga Krasina - Clare
References
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1961 films
1960s Soviet films
1960s Russian-language films
Soviet science fiction drama films
1960s science fiction drama films
Mosfilm films
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