''Silvery Dust'' (russian: Серебристая пыль, Serebristaya pyl) is a 1953 Soviet

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directed by

Pavel Armand Pavel ( Bulgarian, Russian, Serbian and Macedonian: Павел, Czech, Slovene, Romanian: Pavel, Polish: Paweł, Ukrainian: Павло, Pavlo) is a male given name. It is a Slavic cognate of the name Paul (derived from the Greek Pavlos). Pa ...

and Abram Room and starring Mikhail Bolduman,

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and

Valentina Ushakova Valentina may refer to: Entertainment Film * ''Valentina'' (1950 film), a 1950 Argentine film * ''Valentina'' (2008 film), a 2008 Argentine film Television * ''Valentina'' (1993 telenovela), a 1993 Mexican telenovela * Valentina (2013 telenov ...

.Liehm & Liehm p.69

Synopsis

The film takes place in the

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. Samuel Steal is a scientist with only one life purpose - to become rich. The professor invents a powerful new weapon of mass destruction; a deadly radioactive silver-gray powder. To possess Steal's invention, a struggle between two military-industrial behemoth trusts involving gangsters begins.

Cast

* Mikhail Bolduman as Samuel Steal *

as Doris Steal *

as Jen O'Connel * Nikolai Timofeyev as Allan O'Connel *

Vsevolod Larionov Vsevolod Dmitriyevich Larionov (russian: Всеволод Дмитриевич Ларионов; September 11, 1928 in Moscow, RSFSR, Soviet Union – October 8, 2000 Vladimir Belokurov Vladimir Vyacheslavovich Belokurov (russian: link=no, Влади́мир Вячесла́вович Белоку́ров; July 8, 1904 – January 28, 1973) was a Soviet and Russian actor and pedagogue. He was a People's Artist of the USSR (196 ...

as Upton Bruce *

Rostislav Plyatt Rostislav Yanovich Plyatt (russian: Ростислав Янович Плятт; — 30 June 1989) was a Soviet and Russian stage and film actor. He was named People's Artist of the USSR in 1961 and awarded the USSR State Prize in 1982. Biograph ...

as McKennedy *

Grigori Kirillov Grigory, Grigori and Grigoriy are Russian masculine given names. It may refer to watcher angels or more specifically to the egrḗgoroi or Watcher angels. Grigory * Grigory Baklanov (1923–2009), Russian novelist * Grigory Barenblatt (1927201 ...

as Dr. Kurt Schneider *

Aleksandr Khanov Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Khanov (russian: Александр Александрович Ханов), ( in Saint Petersburg – 30 August 1983 in Moscow) was a Soviet and Russian stage and film actor. People's Artist of the USSR (1973). * He ...

as Charles Armstrong *

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as Gideon Smith * Gennadi Yudin as Dick Jones *

Zana Zanoni Zana may refer to: Mythological figures * Zână, a female mythological figure in Romanian mythology * Zana (mythology), an Albanian mythological figure Places * Diana Veteranorum or Zana, an ancient Roman city in Algeria * Zana, Burkina Faso, a ...

as Mary Robinson * D. Kolmogorov as Ben Robinson *

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as Joe Twist *

Lidiya Smirnova Lidiya Nikolayevna Smirnova (russian: Ли́дия Никола́евна Смирно́ва; 1915 — 2007) was a Soviet and Russian theater and film actress. People's Artist of USSR (1974). The winner of the Stalin Prize of the third degree ( ...

as Flossy Beit *

Osip Abdulov Osip Naumovich Abdulov (russian: Осип Наумович Абдулов; in Łódź – 14 June 1953 in Moscow) was a Soviet actor. Biography Osip Naumovich Abdulov was born to a Jewish family in Łódź, Poland (then part of the Russian Empi ...

as Sheriff Smiles *

Sergei Tsenin Sergei Sergeyevich Tsenin (russian: link=no, Сергей Сергеевич Ценин) was a Soviet and Russian actor and director. Honored Artist of the RSFSR (1935). Selected filmography * 1930 — ''St. Jorgen's Day'' *1936 — '' Party ...

Nadir Malishevsky The nadir (, ; ar, نظير, naẓīr, counterpart) is the direction pointing directly ''below'' a particular location; that is, it is one of two vertical directions at a specified location, orthogonal to a horizontal flat surface. The direct ...

Aleksandr Shatov Alexander is a male given name. The most prominent bearer of the name is Alexander the Great, the king of the Ancient Greek kingdom of Macedonia who created one of the largest empires in ancient history. Variants listed here are Aleksandar, Al ...

Vladimir Savelev Vladimir may refer to: Names * Vladimir (name) for the Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Macedonian, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak and Slovenian spellings of a Slavic name * Uladzimir for the Belarusian version of the name * Volodymyr for the Ukr ...

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Vladimir Sez Vladimir may refer to: Names * Vladimir (name) for the Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Macedonian, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak and Slovenian spellings of a Slavic name * Uladzimir for the Belarusian version of the name * Volodymyr for the Ukr ...

* Isaak Leongarov * A. Arkadyeva * N. Nazaren * Robert Ross * Konstantin Nemolyayev as Johnny *

Fyodor Odinokov Fyodor Ivanovich Odinokov (russian: Фёдор Ива́нович Одино́ков; — 19 February 1994) was a Soviet actor. He appeared in more than seventy films from 1938 to 1994. Selected filmography References External links * * ...

as Sheriff's Assistant * Leonid Pirogov as Detained Unemployed * Anna Zarzhitskaya as Deadley's Wife

References

Bibliography

* Liehm, Mira & Liehm, Antonín J. ''The Most Important Art: Eastern European Film After 1945''. University of California Press, 1977.

External links

* 1953 films 1950s Russian-language films Films directed by Abram Room 1950s science fiction drama films Soviet science fiction drama films Russian science fiction drama films Mosfilm films Mad scientist films 1953 drama films Soviet black-and-white films {{1950s-USSR-film-stub