''Secret Agent'' ''(russian: Подвиг разведчика'', translit. ''Podvig razvedchika'') is a 1947

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spy film directed by

Boris Barnet Boris Vasilyevich Barnet (russian: Бори́с Васи́льевич Ба́рнет; 18 June 1902 – 8 January 1965) was a Soviet film director, actor and screenwriter of British heritage. He directed 27 films between 1927 and 1963. Barne ...

and based on the novel ''The Deed Remains Unknown'' (russian: Подвиг остается неизвестным) by Mikhail Maklyarsky. The film stars Pavel Kadochnikov in the leading role. ''Secret Agent'' is also known as ''Secret Mission'', ''Secrets of Counter-Espionage'', ''The Scout's Exploit''. It was the first film about the actions of Soviet intelligence officers behind enemy lines in

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. The film originated the spy genre in Soviet cinema and had a great influence on all subsequent Soviet spy films, including ''

Seventeen Moments of Spring ''Seventeen Moments of Spring'' (russian: Семнадцать мгновений весны, Semnadtsat' mgnoveniy vesny) is a 1973 Soviet twelve-part television series, directed by Tatyana Lioznova and based on the novel of the same title by Yu ...

''. It is based on real events from the biography of

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. The film was the leader of Soviet distribution in 1947 and had 22.73 million viewers.

Plot

Soviet intelligence officer Aleksei Fedotov by the name of Heinrich Eckert departs for German-occupied

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. His purpose is to obtain the secret correspondence of General Kuhn with the

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's headquarters. When his radio operator, sent to Aleksei, is executed, Fedotov is forced to search for a contact through the local underground, but accidentally he discovers that one of the underground workers is a provocateur.

Cast

* Pavel Kadochnikov as major Aleksei Fedotov * Amvrosy Buchma as Grigory Leschuk * Viktor Dobrovolsky as Chief * Dmitri Milyutenko as Berezhnoy *

Sergey Martinson Sergey Alexandrovich Martinson (russian: Серге́й Александрович Мартинсон; – 2 September 1984) was a Russian eccentric comic actor, the master of pantomime, buffoonery and grotesque. He became People's Artist of t ...

as Willi Pommer *

Mikhail Romanov Michael I ( Russian: Михаил Фёдорович Романов, ''Mikhaíl Fyódorovich Románov'') () became the first Russian tsar of the House of Romanov after the Zemskiy Sobor of 1613 elected him to rule the Tsardom of Russia. He ...

as Erich von Rummelsburg * Pyotr Arzhanov as Karpovsky *

as general von Kuhn * Yelena Izmailova as Theresa Gruber *Valentina Ulesova as Nina *

Sergei Petrov Sergei Andreyevich Petrov (russian: Сергей Андреевич Петров; born 2 January 1991) is a Russian football player who plays as a right-back for FC Krasnodar. Career He made his debut for the main Zenit Saint Petersburg squad ...

as Astakhov * Viktor Khalatov as Friedrich Pommer * as Frau Pommer *Aleksei Bykov as Medvedev * Gennady Nilov as episode

Awards

* 1948 -

Stalin Prize Stalin Prize may refer to: * The State Stalin Prize in science and engineering and in arts, awarded 1941 to 1954, later known as the USSR State Prize The USSR State Prize (russian: links=no, Государственная премия СССР, ...

of 2nd degree to director, designer ( Morits Umansky), scenarios and Pavel Kadochnikov.

External links

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